Embark on a grand tour of the sciences with a distinguished professor.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Evolution of 20th-Century Science
- 02: Redefining Reality
- 03: Quantum Theory Makes Its Appearance
- 04: The Heroic "Old" Age of Quantum Theory
- 05: A Newer Theory-QED
- 06: QED Meets Fission and Fusion
- 07: Learning by Smashing
- 08: What Good is QED?
- 09: The Newest Theory-Quantum Chromodynamics
- 10: Unifying Nature
- 11: Chemists Become Designers
- 12: Mathematics and Truth
- 13: Mathematics and Reality
- 14: The Universe Expands
- 15: What is the Universe?
- 16: How Do We Know What's Out There?
- 17: From Equilibrium to Dynamism
- 18: Subterranean Fury
- 19: Solar System Citizen
- 20: Science Organized, Adopted, Co-opted
- 21: Techno-Science and Globalization
- 22: The Evolution of Evolution
- 23: Human Evolution
- 24: Genetics-From Mendel to Molecules
- 25: Molecular Biology
- 26: Molecular Medicine
- 27: Culture-Anthropology and Archaeology
- 28: Culture-History
- 29: Culture-Linguistics
- 30: Society-Sociology
- 31: Society-Political Science
- 32: Society-Economics
- 33: Mind-Classical and Behavioral Psychology
- 34: Mind-Cybernetics, AI, Connectionism
- 35: Looking Back
- 36: Looking Around and Looking Ahead
Taught by
Steven L. Goldman