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"Understanding the Science for Tomorrow: Myth & Reality" (RRP US $245) by download USD $60

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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community groups & students will find this course of interest & good value, with a good mix of very short historical references, and lots more focus on recent research results & present / coming technologies.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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  • Do you know how big the downloads are?

    • I don't, but a friend (who put me on to the course) tells me each 30 min session is 290-390 MB; so - from 340 MB x 24 - I'd guess it could fit on an 8.5 GB DVD, or maybe 2x 4.5 GB's.

      (I've got to wait a few days, for a fresh month's helping of Internet data, before I can order & download, been slowed to near dial-up speeds …for several days!)

      I couldn't find any details of its file type / video format, of if there's any choice of format.

      Anybody know from previous purchases from this course's publisher?

      PS The course notes book is a said to be a small PDF, under ~ 10 MB?

  • Any DRM on the video?

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