| Description |
10 videodiscs (circa 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.). |
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digital video rda |
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videodisc |
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DVD |
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video file DVD rda |
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Videorecording |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Science & mathematics, physics. |
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Great courses (DVD)
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Richard Wolfson. |
| Credits |
Producer, Alisha Reay ; editors, Rich Bernett, Michael Judge, Alisha Reay ; directors, Jonathan D. Leven, Jim M. Allen, Chris Preston. |
| Note |
Each lecture circa 30 minutes. |
| Summary |
A series of lectures on physics and the universe. |
| Note |
"Subtopic: Physics"--Container. |
| Contents |
disc 1: 1 The fundamental science -- 2 Languages of physics -- 3 Describing motion -- 4 Falling freely -- 5 It's a 3-D world! -- 6 Going in circles -- disc 2: 7 Causes of motion -- 8 Using Newton's Laws:1-D motion -- 9 Action and reaction -- 10 Newton's Laws in 2 and 3 dimensions -- 11 Work and energy -- 12 Using energy conservation -- disc 3: 13 Gravity -- 14 Systems of particles -- 15 Rotational motion -- 16 Keeping still -- 17 Back and forth: oscillatory motion -- 18 Making waves -- disc 4: 19 Fluid statics: the tip of the iceberg -- 20 Fluid dynamics -- 21 Heat and temperature -- 22 Heat transfer -- 23 Matter and heat -- 24 The ideal gas -- disc 5: 25 Heat and work -- 26 Entropy: the second law of thermodynamics -- 27 Consequences of the second law -- 28 A charged world -- 29 The electric field -- 30 Electric potential -- disc 6: 31 Electric energy -- 32 Electric current -- 33 Electric circuits -- 34 Magnetism -- 35 The origin of magnetism -- 36 Electromagnetic induction -- disc 7: 37 Applications of electromagnetic induction -- 38 Magnetic energy -- 39 AC/DC -- 40 Electromagnetic waves -- 41 Reflection and refraction -- 42 Imaging -- disc 8: 43 Wave optics -- 44 Cracks in the classical picture -- 45 Earth, ether, light -- 46 Special relativity -- 47 Time and space -- 48 Space-time and mass-energy -- disc 9: 49 General relativity -- 50 Introducing the quantum -- 51 Atomic quandries -- 52 Wave or particle? -- 53 Quantum mechanics -- 54 Atoms -- disc 10: 55 Molecules and solids -- 56 The atomic nucleus -- 57 Energy from the nucleus -- 58 The particle zoo -- 59 An evolving universe -- 60 Humble physics: what we don't know. |
| Subject |
Physics.
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General relativity (Physics)
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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Instructional films.
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| Added Author |
Wolfson, Richard.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598037715 |
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1598037714 |
| Music No. |
1280 Teaching Co. |
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