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Available
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Publication
Teaching Company (2003), Audio Cassettes, 18 cassettes & 74-, 76- and ~75-page booklets
Description
The course is organized around six main themes: inquiries into the history of the cosmos; investigations into the realm of living things; the largely successful attempt to break away from occult explanations of chemical phenomena; the contrasting persistence of such appeals in explaining natural phenomena; the proliferation of physical forces discovered and investigated; and the recurring theme of the relationship of God to nature.
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
none
Local notes
1 Science in the 18th and 19th Centuries / 2 Consolidating Newton's Achievement / 3 Theories of the Earth / 4 Grappling with Rock Formations / 5 Alchemy under Pressure / 6 Lavoisier and the New French Chemistry / 7 The Classification of Living Things / 8 How the Embryo Develops / 9 Medical Healers and Their Roles / 10 Mesmerism, Science, and the French Revolution / 11 Explaining Electricity / 12 The Amazing Achievements of Galvani and Volta / 13 Biology is Born / 14 Alternative Visions of Natural Science / 15 A World of Prehistoric Beasts / 16 Evolution French Style / 17 The Catastrophist Synthesis / 18 Exploring the World / 19 A Victorian Sensation / 20 The Making of The Origin of Species / 21 Troubles with Darwin's Theory / 22 Science, Life, and Disease / 23 Human Society and the Struggle for Existence / 24 Whither God? / 25 Forces, Forces Everywhere / 26 Electromagnetism Changes Everything / 27 French Insights About Heat / 28 New Institutions of Natural Science / 29 The Conservation of What? / 30 Culture Wars and Thermodynamics / 31 Scientific Materialism at Mid-Century / 32 The Mechanics of Molecules / 33 Astronomical Achievement / 34 The Extra-Terrestrial Life Fiasco / 35 Catching Up With Light / 36 The End of Science?