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The Mechanical universe ... and beyond / a co-production of the California Institute of Technology and The Corporation for Community College Television ; David L. Goodstein, creator & host.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoSouth Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Project, ©1989.
Description2 parts (52 programs) in 14 videodiscs (approximately 780 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Mechanics.
Mechanics--Study and teaching (Higher) --United States.
Physics.
Physics--Study and teaching (Higher) --United States.
Space and time.
Force and energy.
Atoms.
Gravity.
Electric fields.
Momentum (Mechanics)
Other author/creatorGoodstein, David L., 1939-
Other author/creatorArnold, Jack.
Other author/creatorBuffa, Peter F.
Other author/creatorFletcher, Aaron.
Other author/creatorCalifornia Institute of Technology.
Other author/creatorSouthern California Consortium for Community College Television.
Other author/creatorAnnenberg/CPB Project.
Other author/creatorCitiCam Digital.
Portion of title Mechanical universe
Contents Part I. 1. Introduction to the mechanical universe -- 2. The law of falling bodies -- 3. Derivatives -- 4. Inertia -- 5. Vectors -- 6. Newton's laws -- 7. Integration -- 8. The apple and the moon -- 9. Moving in circles --10. The fundamental forces -- 11. Gravity, electricity, magnetism -- 12. The Millikan experiment -- 13. Conservation of energy -- 14. Potential energy --15. Conservation of momentum -- 16. Harmonic motion -- 17. Resonance -- 18. Waves -- 19. Angular momentum -- 20. Torques and gyroscopes -- 21. Kepler's three laws -- 22. The Kepler problem -- 23. Energy and eccentricity -- 24. Navigating in space -- 25. From Kepler to Einstein -- 26. Harmony of the spheres.
Contents Part II. 27. Beyond the mechanical universe -- 28. Making electricity -- 29. The electric field -- 30. Potential and capacitance -- 31. Voltage, energy and force -- 32. Electric battery -- 33. Electric circuits -- 34. Magnetism -- 35. The magnetic field -- 36. Vector fields and hydrodynamics -- 37. Electromagnetic induction -- 38. Alternating current -- 39. Maxwell's equations -- 40. Optics -- 41. Michelson-Morley experiment -- 42. Lorentz transformation -- 43. Velocity and time -- 44. Mass, momentum, energy -- 45. Temperature and gas laws -- 46. Engine of nature -- 47. Entropy -- 48. Low temperatures -- 49. Atom -- 50. Particles and waves -- 51. From atoms to quarks --52. The quantum mechanical universe.
Abstract Contains introductory physics and traces the drama of scientific discovery using a mixture of archival footage and historical backdrops to introduce the great thinkers of the past from Copernicus to Einstein. Programs illustrate classical mechanics and modern physics.
General noteOriginally produced in 1985.
CreditsProducer, Peter Buffa ; writer, Jack Arnold ; executive producer, Sally V. Beaty ; narrator, Aaron Fletcher.
CreditsDVD produced by Annenberg/CPB and CitiCam Digital, producer, Bob Schapiro.
Performer Host, David Goodstein.
Technical detailsDVD.
Other title Annenberg/CPB collection.
ISBN1576806863 (part 1)
ISBN9781576806869 (part 1)
ISBN1576806936 (part II)
ISBN9781576806937 (part II)

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