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Science in the 20th Century

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Overview

Embark on a grand tour of the sciences with a distinguished professor.

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

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