DVD
Understanding the misconceptions of science
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629977249
- ISBN: 1629977241
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Physical Description:
videodisc
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). - Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2019]
- Copyright: ℗2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from disc label. 24 lectures (30 min. each). "Course No. 1397"--Container. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. What the world gets wrong about science -- Franklin's kite and other electrifying myths -- The ideal gas law (it's not ideal) -- From the ground up: how flying works -- From the sky down: how falling works -- Myths of orbital motion. Disc 2. What's inside atoms? -- The truth is in here: the science of aliens -- Misconceptions about evolution -- Nutrition's all about you-- and your gut biome -- Humans are not peas: myths about genetics -- Getting smarter about intelligence. Disc 3. Exposing the truth about radiation -- Does carbon-14 dating work? -- How statistics can lie to you -- Does thermodynamics disprove evolution? -- How relativity is misunderstood -- E = mc2 and other relativity myths. Disc 4. Why do black holes get such a bad rap? -- What banged, and was it big? -- Can you go faster than light? -- Untangling how quantum mechanics works -- Untangling what quantum mechanics means -- Is there a theory of everything? |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Professor Don Lincoln, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. |
| System Details Note: | DVD; Dolby surround; region 1. |
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| Subject: | Errors, Scientific Science Errors, Scientific Science |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | GC-DVD 500 LIN (Text) | 000168515 | Great Courses -- Video | Available | - |