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Understanding the science for tomorrow myth and reality.
- Title
- Understanding the science for tomorrow [videorecording] : myth and reality.
- Publication
- Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2011.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Use in library | T174 .U534 2011 discs 1-4 | Off-site |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Use in library | T174 .U534 2011 guidebook | Off-site |
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- Description
- 4 videodiscs : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
- Series Statement
- The Great courses. Science & mathematics (Physics)
- Uniform Title
- Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Course No. 1391."
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781598038071
- 1598038079
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library