The Joy of Science
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Robert M. Hazen
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Science is humanity's greatest achievement. It ranges from the study of the universe itself to the smallest particles of matter contained within it - and everything in between. It explores everything from the big bang to theories about the end of the universe.
If you want to better understand our physical world, as most of us do, gaining a basic understanding of science itself is profoundly important - yet many are intimidated by the breathtaking scope of such an endeavor.
Now an award-winning science teacher has taken out the intimidation, harnessing that breathtaking scope into a series of 60 exciting, comprehensive, and accessible lectures that let you explore and understand the wealth of ideas, discoveries, and principles in all of the physical and biological sciences. You learn that understanding science comes from understanding not only its component disciplines - each of which has its own theories, pioneers, problems, and fundamental questions - but of knowing how these disciplines work with one another to create an entire mosaic of human knowledge.
The lectures have been crafted to make those relationships crystal-clear, with an integrated approach that takes you through all of the major disciplines that fall under the umbrella of "science," including physics, chemistry, Earth science, geophysics, and biology.
Each lecture covers one of the 60 fundamental principles of the scientific world - offering you new knowledge and insight into topics such as the scientific method, gravitation, atoms, the big bang, plate tectonics, volcanoes, proteins, ecosystems, and electricity.
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- Me
- 17-02-21
Intriguing
Absolutely full of interesting content on a wide variety of fields, definitely recommended to expand your understanding
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- Andy Thelwell
- 27-01-15
Thoroughly enjoyable
OK, you're not going to be Stephen Hawking if you complete this course; it's little more than GCSE (high school) level stuff. However, it's refreshing and enlightening to take a whistle-stop 60-lecture tour through all the major branches of modern science (I say 'modern' although this recording is now 15 years old).
I really enjoyed it.
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- amy
- 22-05-16
brilliantly detailed and easily accessible
The flow of the lectures was beautiful from atoms to stars to the development of earth to life and biological technologies. Lots of detail to the history discoveries
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- Huw Shelton
- 01-10-17
An essential component of the series
A broad and thorough explanation of the fundamental fields of scientific discovery. Enjoyable and thought provoking.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-10-19
Great series of lectures.
Very well explained series of lectures. Thoroughly enjoyed. Drop the cheesy music though as it is totally unnecessary.
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- M. Nemcko
- 29-07-18
Great listen
Loved it. Very informative, great narator, learned a lot. I would like to listen to updated version from the same profesor of what has been discovered since this recording
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- IRC
- 28-09-23
Absolutely brilliant
Absolutely brilliant review of Science. I have listened to it over and over again, and will continue to do so!
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- JSara
- 30-04-15
Fantastic Fundamentals
My younger self found great distraction at school and as such I seem to have walked away from the fundamentals of a good education with little to show for it!
As an adult I have a voracious appetite to know how things work, which is not supported by my missing education. These lectures help fill in some of those gaps!
I enjoyed learning all the topics and found the lecturer engaging. Although it can be heard that he is conducting some experiments during a lecture or two, and as an audio version those visuals are sadly lost. He also mentions hand outs that accompany the lectures, again this is left to imagination.
My one criticism is that during the lectures it becomes clear that the speaker is talking pre 2000, so with 15 years between the time of the talks until now, many new revelations may have been made in such a dynamic field.
Overall, very interesting and a great way to make one curious about the world's workings!
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- Seb
- 20-04-16
Fantastic
Brilliant look at so many topics yet with plenty of detail in each. Really easy to follow and absorb. Would love to hear the same lecturer now these years after this was made in the light of recent discoveries.
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- Malcolm Avery
- 09-10-21
spot on
interesting, informative and a really well put together book.
The passion and sheer knowledge shine through.
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