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Of Science And Scientists ★🥅 Educational Films from Harvard, in the 1950's
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Of Science And Scientists ★ 🥅 Educational Films from Harvard, in the 1950's ••• Of Science And Scientists consists of 23 episodes produced in 1957 by WGBH (Boston) and Harvard College and distributed by National Educational Television - NET "Americans tend to think of the sciences as potentially useful (air-conditioning) or potentially troublesome (Strontium-90). We accept or marvel at the revolutionary products of science while giving little thought to the basic ideas, concepts, techniques and logic that have gone into exploring, understanding and explaining our universe or in building our technical civilization. Such an understanding of science does not come easily. Limited by time and opportunity, scientists do not often explain themselves to non-scientists. Also, the quality of science is most difficult to the layman to understand is its indirect approach to the discovery of truths. Robert Frost summed up the problem by commenting that to his mind all science rested on the question, "How she differs from what she's like." Without attempting to teach physics or chemistry or geology, these programs suggest the qualities and outlook of science. By analogy and demonstration, they…
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WGBH
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Science Classes;Individual Episode Links;Analytical Thinking Course;Scientific Method Explained, Complete Series, Master Download Link, "Lost" Educational Video, High School Films, NET, Adult Learning, Home Schooling, Telecourses, OLD Educational Films from the 1950s, Harvard, WGBH
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