| Description |
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The great courses, Science & mathematics, physics |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Benjamin Schumacher, Kenyon College |
| Note |
24 Lectures / 30 minutes per lecture. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The strangest force -- Free fall and inertia -- Revolution in the heavens -- Universal gravitation -- The art of experiment -- Escape velocity, energy, and rotation -- Disc 2. Stars in their courses--orbital mechanics -- What are tides? earth and beyond -- Nudge--perturbations of orbits -- Reasonance--surprises in the intricate dance -- The million-body problem -- The billion-year battle -- Disc 3. From forces to fields -- The falling laboratory -- Spacetime in zero gravity -- Spacetime tells matter how to move -- Matter tells spacetime how to curve -- Light in curved spacetime -- Disc 4. Gravitomagnetism and gratitational waves -- Gravity's horizon--anatomy of a Black Hole -- Which universe is ours? -- Cosmic antigravity--inflation and dark energy -- The force of creation -- The next revolution. |
| Note |
"Course No. 1231"--Disc labels. |
| Summary |
The force of gravity rules the universe. It governs our everyday lives on Earth and it controls the motions of the heavens above. Yet it is one of the least understood of all the forces of nature. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of the forces of gravity that rule the universe. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Gravity.
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Gravitation.
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General relativity (Physics)
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Black holes (Astronomy)
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Cosmology.
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Black holes (Astronomy) (OCoLC)fst00833708
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Cosmology. (OCoLC)fst00880600
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General relativity (Physics) (OCoLC)fst00939815
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Gravitation. (OCoLC)fst00946866
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Gravity. (OCoLC)fst00946884
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| Genre/Form |
Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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| Added Author |
Schumacher, Benjamin.
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Teaching Company., publisher.
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| Added Title |
Understanding gravity |
| ISBN |
9781598039856 |
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1598039857 |
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9781490654362 (DVD) |
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1490654364 (DVD) |
| Music No. |
1231 Teaching Company |
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