12 Essential Scientific Concepts

Explore 12 of science’s bedrock ideas in this course that introduces you to exciting fields like quantum theory, emergence, thermodynamics, and brain plasticity.

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• 01: The Miracle of Life
• 02: The Organization of Life
• 03: Evolution-The Tireless Tinkerer
• 04: Other Mechanisms of Evolution
• 05: DNA and Heritability
• 06: Epigenetics, Mutations, and Gene Insertion
• 07: The Illusion of Coherence-How We See
• 08: Acoustic Perception Deconstructed
• 09: Our Changing Brain
• 10: Plasticity, Brain Training, and Beyond
• 11: Magnetism and Its Magic
• 12: Electrical Forces, Fields, and Circuits
• 13: Thermodynamics-Heat, Energy, and Work
• 14: Metabolism-Energy in the Cell
• 15: Fluid Mechanics-Pressure, Buoyancy, Flow
• 16: Navigation and Propulsion in Fluids
• 17: The Big Bang That Didn't
• 18: The Four Forces of Nature
• 19: The Elements of Everything
• 20: Looks like a Particle, Acts like a Wave
• 21: Quanta, Uncertainty, and a Cat
• 22: String Theory, Membranes, and the Multiverse
• 23: Emergence-Simple Rules, Complex Systems
• 24: Order out of Chaos