Famous scientists
Science is done by people, in particular places, under particular pressures. This course covers the figures whose names attached themselves to major ideas, what they actually did, and who worked alongside them.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Before modern scienceObservation and argument.
- 02The scientific revolutionCopernicus to Newton.
- 03Chemistry and the elementsOrder in matter.
- 04Life sciencesEvolution and inheritance.
- 05Modern physicsTwo strange theories.
- 06The molecular eraFrom structure to code.
- 07Computing and mathematicsFormalising thought.
- 08Astronomy and spaceMeasuring the universe.
- 09Medicine and public healthLives saved at scale.
- 10What the record showsBeyond the great man story.
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