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Science and Society, Summer 2009
in the news or should be. The instructor explains background information for each topic assuming only High School General Science and Math. Reading assignments are provided for each topic. The attendees are expected to read the material before the session so that they will be prepared to understand the lectures better and be prepared to ask about issues that puzzle them. The topics do not necessarily occupy one week each. We will discuss each one until we are finished, then move on to the next. If we do not finish the list, so it must be.
2. Renewable Energy 3. Nuclear Power 4. Wind Power 5. Power Transmission 6. Genetic Manipulation 7. Particle Physics, Particle Accelerators, and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) 8. Consciousness 9. Evolution to take more than one session. Reading Recommendations are here |
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