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Misconceptions Of Science Part 2 – UPDATED (R251)

R – Physical Sciences and Math

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Online | February 4, 2025-April 22, 2025

Tuesday: 12:45 PM-2:00 PM

An instructor has been added to this class since catalog production.

Part 2 of this course explores popular scientific topics and their misconceptions based on the Great Course lecture series by Dr. Don Lincoln, a physicist from Fermi National Accelerator Lab. Supplemental material is provided in the form of lectures for in-depth coverage. Topics include radiation health risks, misuse of statistical data, entropy of evolution, fundamentals of relativity and cosmology, defining speed of light, untangling quantum mechanics and the significance of the theory of everything.

This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Bruce Neff, Howard Barth

NEFF, BRUCE—B.S., mathematics, Tulane University, Ph.D., physical chemistry, MIT, postdoctoral fellow at MIT. Retired from DuPont after a long career in research, research management and chemical regulatory management.

BARTH, HOWARD G.–B.A. and Ph.D., chemistry, Northeastern University. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Hahnemann Hospital, held research positions at Hercules and DuPont. Although retired, continues to publish scientific papers. Previously taught OLLI quantum mechanics and thermodynamics courses.

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