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Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works

Series: Great Courses
4.6
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Episodes
60
Rating
TVPG
Year
2016
Language
English
Publisher
The Great Courses

About

Chemistry is the study of matter and energy at the scale of atoms and molecules. Covering a year's worth of introductory general chemistry at the college level, plus intriguing topics that are rarely discussed in the classroom, this visually engaging and comprehensive course requires nothing more advanced than high-school math and is suitable for any science background.

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Episodes

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1. Is Chemistry the Science of Everything?

30m

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Chemistry is the study of all matter, but matter at a very particular scale - that of atoms and molecules. Professor Davis begins by outlining his approach to this enormous topic and then introduces the periodic table of elements, one of the most powerful conceptual tools ever devised.

2. Matter and Measurement

30m

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Chemists have convenient units for dealing with matter at the atomic scale. In this lecture, learn the origin and relative size of the angstrom to measure length, as well as the atomic mass unit, the mole for measuring quantity and the Kelvin scale for temperature.

3. Wave Nature of Light

30m

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Light interacts with matter in crucial ways. In the first of two lectures on the nature of light, follow the debate over whether light is a wave or a particle, starting in antiquity. See how the wave theory appeared to triumph in the 19th century and led to the discovery of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Extended Details

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Artists

Ron B. Davis Jr.writer
Ron B. Davis Jr.actor