Title:
The Mechanical universe ... and beyond [videorecording] / produced by California Institute of Technology and the Southern California Consortium.
Author:
Goodstein, David L., 1939-
Arnold, Jack.
Buffa, Peter F.
Fletcher, Aaron.
California Institute of Technology.
Southern California Consortium for Community College Television.
Annenberg/CPB Project.
Publication Information:
South Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Project, [2003?]
Call Number:
QC125.2 .M42 2003 DISCS 2-7
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.
Added Uniform Title:
Annenberg/CPB collection.
ISBN:
9781576806869
9781576806937
Physical Description:
2 parts (52 programs) in 14 videodiscs (780 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
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.
Reading Level:
High school and college students.
Terms Governing Use:
Public performance rights - GCC, PC.
