MIT's Jeff Grossman intro's Science / Scientific Method, & contrasts them from Myths (eg, Astrology, Homeopathy, & hype about energy options); some spend over US$ 60 for a homeopathy "snake-oil" kit!
Web page lists topics of each of the 24 sessions (cf below).
He gets practical FAST, eg, on energy (of various types) for the future & related trade-off's of each one, to make it useful (eg, in Schools), eg, for those who are interested in reducing their carbon-footprint by making informed energy choices.
Grossman's talks are clear, concise, comprehensive & visual. Course eBook incl'd (PDF ~224 pp)
Educators, libraries, home-schoolers, community groups & students will find this course of interest & good value, with a good mix of very short historical references, and lots more focus on recent research results & present / coming technologies.
TOPICS COVERED: 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; Microscopes—The Power of Seeing It All; Nanotechnology—The New Science of Small; Nanotechnology—Changing Everything; Genetic Engineering—Life's Building Blocks; Synthetic Life—Making Life from Scratch;
The Brain—Your Body's Supercomputer; 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; Biofuels—The Fuel of the Future?; Solar Cells—Electricity from the Sun; Batteries—Storing Energy Chemically; The Hydrogen Economy—Fact or Fiction?; Nuclear Energy—Harnessing Star Power; Prediction—From Storms to Stocks; Communication—Transcending Time & Space; Science in the Future
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