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"Course No. 1391."

Disc 1: Changing the game -- Magnetism: the science of attractions -- Transportation: the science of how we move -- Computers: trillions of bits per second -- Artificial intelligence: thinking machines -- Robotics: living with machines -- Disc 2: Microscopes: the power of seeing it all -- Nanotechnology: the new science of small -- Nanotechnology: changing everything -- Synthetic life: making life from scratch -- The brain: your body's supercomputer -- Disc 3: Cancer and aging: can they be defeated? -- Powerful viruses: future friend or foe? -- Food or famine: science holds the key -- Water: the currency of the next century -- Solar cells: electricity from the sun -- Disc 4: Batteries: storing energy chemically -- The hydrogen economy: fact or fiction? -- Nuclear energy: harnessing star power -- Prediction: from storms to stocks -- Communication: transcending time and space -- Science in the future

Jeffrey C. Grossman, professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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