The joy of science

Part I. Disc 1. Lecture one The nature of science ; lecture two The scientific method ; Lecture three The ordered universe ; Lecture four Celestial and terrestrial mechanics ; Lecture five Newton's laws of motion ; Lecture six Universal gravitation

Disc 2. Lecture seven The nature of energy ; Lecture eight The first law of thermodynamics ; Lecture nine The second law of thermodynamics ; Lecture ten Entropy ; Lecture eleven Magnetism and static electricity ; Lecture twelve Electricity.

Part II. Disc 3. Lecture thirteen Electromagnetism ; Lecture fourteen The electromagnetic spectrum, part I ; Lecture fifteen The electromagnetic spectrum, part II ; Lecture sixteen Relativity ; Lecture seventeen Atoms ; Lecture eighteen The Bohr atom

Disc 4. Lecture nineteen The quantum world ; Lecture twenty The periodic table of the elements ; Lecture twenty one Introduction to chemistry ; Lecture twenty two The chemistry of carbon ; Lecture twenty three States of matter and changes of state ; Lecture twenty four Phase transformations and chemical reactions.

Part III. Disc 5. Lecture twenty five Properties of materials ; Lecture twenty six Semiconductors and modern microelectronics ; Lecture twenty seven Isotopes and radioactivity ; Lecture twenty eight Nuclear fission and fusion reactions ; Lecture twenty nine Astronomy ; Lecture thirty The life cycle of stars

Disc 6. Lecture thirty one Edwin Hubble and the discovery of galaxies ; Lecture thirty two The big bang ; Lecture thirty three The ultimate structure of matter ; Lecture thirty four The nebular hypothesis ; Lecture thirty five The solar system ; Lecture thirty six The Earth as a planet.

Part IV. Disc 7. Lecture thirty seven The dynamic earth ; Lecture thirty eight The plate-tectonics revolution ; Lecture thirty nine Earthquakes, volcanoes, & plate motions today ; Lecture forty Earth cycles: Water ; Lecture forty one The atmospheric cycle ; Lecture forty two The rock cycle

Disc 8. Lecture lecture forty three What is life? ; Lecture forty four Strategies of life ; Lecture forty five Life's molecular building blocks ; Lecture forty six Proteins ; Lecture forty seven Cells: The chemical factories of life ; Lecture forty eight Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics.

Part V. Disc 9. Lecture forty nine The discovery of DNA ; Lecture fifty The genetic code ; Lecture fifty one Reading the genetic code ; Lecture fifty two Genetic engineering ; Lecture fifty three Cancer and other genetic diseases ; Lecture fifty four The chemical evolution of life

Disc 10. Lecture fifty five Biological evolution: A unifying theme of biology ; Lecture fifty six The fact of evolution: The fossil record ; Lecture fifty seven Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection ; Lecture fifty eight Ecosystems and the law of unintended consequences ; Lecture fifty nine The ozone hole, acid rain, and the greenhouse effect ; Lecture sixty Science: The endless frontier.