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Sioux Falls Scientists endorse 12 Essential Scientific Concepts for an 12 Essential Scientific Concepts 12 Essential Scientific Concepts (2010) - 24 lectures, 12 hours Cosmology. Neurology. Genetics. Chemistry. These are just a few of many fascinating branches of the scientific world ripe for exploration. But because science is such a vast arena of knowledge, people looking for a better grasp of its secrets often wonder where to begin. The answer: with the essentials. Science's most vital concepts and ideas - some of which have been around for centuries, others of which we've only uncovered in recent decades - make the perfect starting point for a deeper dive into regions of the scientific world you've long wanted to take a closer look at. Whether it's evolution, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, or the nature of matter, these and other eye-opening concepts are all connected by the profound role they play in our everyday lives and in our larger understanding of the world. By narrowing your approach to the expansiveness of science and drilling down to some of its essentials, you'll:
With 12 Essential Scientific Concepts, you can finally satisfy your desire for scientific inquiry in a way that makes this enormous field accessible, understandable, and undeniably captivating. Indre Viskontas, an award-winning cognitive neuroscientist affiliated with the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco, has a knack for making hard science clear to laypeople. She boils down the scientific world into 12 key concepts every educated person should know. Devoting two lectures to each concept to give you more time to engage with it, her 24-lecture course is your introduction to everything from the behavior of subatomic particles to the latest theories about the Big Bang. Concepts that may have eluded you in school, that you may not be familiar with, or that you simply never appreciated for their intricate beauty are now brought to vivid life in a way that sticks. Welcome to the world of science - reduced to its powerful essence. Professor Indre Viskontas is a Cognitive Neuroscience Affiliate at the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco, and holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition, she is a member of the collegiate faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Profess Viskontas has published more than 35 book chapters and papers related to the neural basis of memory and creativity. Defying traditional career boundaries, she also performs as an opera singer. She currently cohosts Inquiring Minds, a popular science podcast. 24 Lectures - 30 minutes each
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