The Nature of Matter : Understanding the Physical World

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"Course No. 1227"--disc surface.
24 lectures, 30 minutes each lecture.
Disc 1. Lecture 1. Matter, Energy, and Entropy -- Lecture 2. The Nature of Light and Matter -- Disc 2. Lecture 3. A New Theory of Matter -- Lecture 4. The Structure of Atoms and Molecules -- Disc 3. Lecture 5. The Stellar Atom-Building Machine -- Lecture 6. The Amazing Periodic Table -- Disc 4. Lecture 7. Ionic Versus Covalent Matter -- Lecture 8. The Versatile Element: Carbon -- Disc. 5. Lecture 9. The Strange Behavior of Water -- Lecture 10. Matter in Solution -- Disc. 6. Lecture 11. Interactions: Adhesion and Cohesion -- Lecture 12. Surface Energy: The Interfaces Among Us.
Disc 7. Lecture 13. The Eloquent Chemistry of Carbon Compounds -- Lecture 14. Materials for Body Implants -- Disc 8. Lecture 15. The Chemistry of Food and Drink -- Lecture 16. Fuels and Explosives -- Disc 9. Lecture 17. The Air We Breathe -- Lecture 18. Materials: The Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages -- Disc 10. Lecture 19. Again and Again: Polymers -- Lecture 20. Recycling Materials -- Disc 11. Lecture 21. Resistance is Futile: Superconductors -- Lecture 22. Resistance is Useful: Semiconductors -- Disc 12. Lecture 23. Out of Many, One: Composites -- Lecture 24. The Future of Materials.
"This course is a presentation of the types of matter: what they are, how they behave, why they behave that way, and what they're used for."-- p. 1 of guidebook.

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