Science for You: How Things Work
Every Thursday • 12:45 p.m.-2:15 p.m. • Auditorium/Zoom/Stream-Rec
January 23, 30 • February 6, 13, 20, 27 • March 6, 13, 20, 27
• April (3 no class), 10
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Come join one of our favorite Great Courses lecturers, Stephen Ressler (“World’s Greatest Structures” and “Engineering Failures”) to explore the everyday technologies that surround us in our homes and workplaces. Start by learning how a house is put together with all its subsystems, then move outside to trace the origin and route of water, power, and telecommunications networks. Along the way, investigate power plants, dams, aqueducts, railroads, home energy efficiency and many other topics. Not only will this course explain how the infrastructure works, but it will also decipher the complexities of utility poles, the “ballet” of earthmoving machines at a construction site, and the reason that web pages go missing. No background in science or engineering is needed to follow this presentation, which gives insight into the underlying simplicity of the complex systems that enhance our lives. This course will continue in the summer session.
Instructors/Coordinators: Rick Hearn and Susan Hanna
Tech Coordinators: Paul Herrick and Ginger Barnhart
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