[MU] (ttc) Biology: The Science of Life (audio)

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One of the greatest scientific feats of our era is the astonishing progress made in understanding the intricate machinery of life. We are living in the most productive phase so far in this quest, as researchers delve ever deeper into the workings of living systems, turning their discoveries into new medical treatments, improved methods of growing food, and innovative new products.

"The 21st century will be the century of biological science, just as the 20th century was the century of physical science," predicts Professor Stephen Nowicki, an award-winning teacher at Duke University who has specially adapted his acclaimed introductory biology course for The Teaching Company to bring you up to date on one of the most important fields of knowledge of our time.

This intensive, 72-lecture course will give you the background and guidance to explore in depth the fundamental principles of how living things work—principles such as evolution by natural selection, the cellular structure of organisms, the DNA theory of inheritance, and other key ideas that will help you appreciate the marvelous diversity and complexity of life.


Lectures are 30 min each.
(~1,45 GB)
Course Lecture Titles:
01.The Scope of "Life"
02.More on the Origin of Life
03.The Organism and the Cell
04.Proteins—How Things Get Done in the Cell
05.Which Molecule Holds the Code?
06.The Double Helix
07.The Nuts and Bolts of Replicating DNA
08.The Central Dogma
09.The Genetic Code
10.From DNA to RNA
11.From RNA to Protein
12.When Mistakes Happen
13.Dividing DNA Between Dividing Cells
14.Mendel and His Pea Plants
15.How Sex Leads to Variation
16.Genes and Chromosomes
17.Charles Darwin and "The Origin of Species"
18.Natural Selection in Action
19.Reconciling Darwin and Mendel
20.Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change
21.What Are Species and How Do New Ones Arise?
22.More on the Origin of New Species
23.Reconstructing Evolution
24.The History of Life, Revisited
25.From Cells to Organisms
26.Control of Gene Expression I
27.Control of Gene Expression II
28.Getting Proteins to the Right Place
29.Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
30.How Cells Talk—Signals and Receptors
31.How Cells Talk—Ways That Cells Respond
32.From One Cell to Many in an Organism
33.Patterns of Early Development
34.Determination and Differentiation
35I.Induction and Pattern Formation
36.Genes and Development
37.Homeostasis
38.Hormones in Animals
39.What is Special about Neurons?
40.Action Potentials and Synapses
41.Synaptic Integration and Memory
42.Sensory Function
43.How Muscles Work
44.The Innate Immune System
45.The Acquired Immune System
46.Form and Function in Plants I
47.Form and Function in Plants II
48.Behavior as an Adaptive Trait
49.Energy and Resources in Living Systems
50.How Energy is Harnessed by Cells
51.Enzymes—Making Chemistry Work in Cells
52.Cellular Currencies of Energy
53.Making ATP—Glycolysis
54.Making ATP—Cellular Respiration
55.Making ATP—The Chemiosmotic Theory
56.Capturing Energy from Sunlight
57.The Reactions of Photosynthesis
58.Resources and Life Histories
59.The Structure of Populations
60.Population Growth
61.What Limits Population Growth?
62.Costs and Benefits of Behavior
63.Altruism and Mate Selection
64.Ecological Interactions Among Species
65.Predators and Competitors
66.Competition and the Ecological Niche
67.Energy in Ecosystems
68.Nutrients in Ecosystems
69.How Predictable Are Ecological Communities?
70.Biogeography
71.Human Population Growth
72.The Human Asteroid


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