| Record ID: |
2857323 |
| Format: |
DVD |
| Physical description: |
4 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 211 pages ; 19 cm.) |
| Date acquired: |
May 24, 2012
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| Series statement: |
The great courses. Science & mathematics. Physics |
| Series title: |
Great courses (DVD) |
| General note: |
"Course No. 1391." |
| Contents note: |
Disc 1: Changing the game -- Magnetism: the science of attractions -- Transportation: the science of how we move -- Computers: trillions of bits per second -- Artificial intelligence: thinking machines -- Robotics: living with machines -- Disc 2: Microscopes: the power of seeing it all -- Nanotechnology: the new science of small -- Nanotechnology: changing everything -- Synthetic life: making life from scratch -- The brain: your body's supercomputer -- Disc 3: Cancer and aging: can they be defeated? -- Powerful viruses: future friend or foe? -- Food or famine: science holds the key -- Water: the currency of the next century -- Solar cells: electricity from the sun -- Disc 4: Batteries: storing energy chemically -- The hydrogen economy: fact or fiction? -- Nuclear energy: harnessing star power -- Prediction: from storms to stocks -- Communication: transcending time and space -- Science in the future. |
| Credits: |
Teaching Company. |
| Performers: |
Jeffrey C. Grossman, professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
