pt. 3: disc 13. lecture 25. Evolution as process science. lecture 26. Statistical laws challenge determinism --
disc 14. lecture 27. Technoscience comes of age. lecture 28. Institutions empower innovation --
disc 15. lecture 29. The quantum revolution. lecture 30. Relativity redefines space and time --
disc 16. lecture 31. Reconceiving the universe, again. lecture 32. The idea behind the computer --
disc 17. lecture 33. Three faces of information. lecture 34. System, chaos, and self-organization --
lecture 35. Life as molecules in action. lecture 36. Great ideas, past and future.
pt. 1: disc 1. lecture 1. Knowledge, know-how, and social change. lecture 2. Writing makes science possible --
disc 2. lecture 3. Inventing reason and knowledge. lecture 4. The birth of natural science --
disc 3. lecture 5. Mathematics as the order of nature. lecture 6. The birth of techno-science --
disc 4. lecture 7. Universities relaunch the idea of knowledge. lecture 8. The Medieval revolution in know-how
disc 5. lecture 9. Progress enters into history.
lecture 10. The printed book : Gutenberg to Galileo --
disc 6. lecture 11. Renaissance painting and techno-science. lecture 12. Copernicus moves the earth.
pt. 2: disc 7. lecture 13. The birth of modern science. lecture 14. Algebra, calculus, and probability --
disc 8. lecture 15. Conservation and symmetry. lecture 16. Instruments as extensions of the mind --
disc 9. lecture 17. Time, change, and novelty. lecture 18. The atomic theory of matter --
disc 10. lecture 19. The cell theory of life. lecture 20. The germ theory of disease --
disc 11. lecture 21. The gene theory of inheritance. lecture 22. Energy challenges matter --
disc 12. lecture 23. Fields : the immaterial become real. lecture 24. Relationships become physical.