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Author Gates, S. James, Jr.

Title Superstring theory : the DNA of reality / S. James Gates, Jr. ; The Teaching Company.

Publication Info. Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Co., [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  GREAT COURSES 539.72 GATES  DISC 1-4 + BOOKLET    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  GC 539.72 GAT PT.1  DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  GC 539.72 GAT PT.2  DISC 3-4    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  DVD 539.72 GAT  PARTS 1-2    Check Shelf
Description 4 videodiscs in 2 parts (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.).
Series The great courses.
Great courses (DVD)
Note 24 lectures on 4 discs, 2 discs in each container.
In two containers (25 x 17 cm.)
Course guidebooks laid in disc containers.
Course No. 1284.
System Details DVD.
Cast 24 lectures delivered by Professor S. James Gates, Jr., University of Maryland at College Park.
Contents Pt. 1, disc 1. Lecture 1. The macro/micro/mathematical connection -- lecture 2. Who is afraid of music? -- lecture 3. Apropos Einstein's perfect brainstorm year -- lecture 4. Honey, I shrunk to the quantum world: part I -- lecutre 5. Honey, I shrunk to the quantum world: part II -- lecture 5. Dr. Hawking's dilemma -- Pt. 2, disc 2. Lecture 7. I'd like to see a cosmos sing in perfect harmony -- lecture 8. Einstein's hypotenuse and strings: part I -- lecture 9. Einstein's hypotenuse and strings: part II -- lecture 10. Tying up the Tachyon monster with spinning strings -- lecture 11. The invasion of the anti-consummuting numbers -- lecture 12. It's a bird, a plane, no, it's superstring! --
Pt. 2, disc 3. Lecture 13. Gauge theory: a brief return to the real world -- lecture 14. Princeton String Quartet concerti: part I -- lecture 15. Princeton String Quartet concerti: part II -- lecture 16. Extra dimensions: ether-like or quark-like? -- lecture 17. The fundamental forces strung out -- lecture 18. Do-see-do and swing your superpartner: part I -- Pt.2, disc 4. lecture 19. Do-see-do and swing your superpartner: part II -- lecture 20. A superpartner for Dr. Einstein's graviton -- lecture 21. Can 4D forces (without gravity) love strings? -- lecture 22. If you knew SUSY -- lecture 23. Can I have that extra dimension in the window? -- lecture 24. Is string theory the theory of our universe?
Subject Superstring theories.
String models.
Added Author Teaching Company.
Added Title DNA of reality.
ISBN 1598031619 (set) $109.95
9781598031614 (set)
Music No. PD1284-01--PD1284-02
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