Superstring Theory : the DNA of Reality
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Course consists of 24 lectures.
Course No. 1284.
"Science & Mathematics"--Container cover insert.
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 -- 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!
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 -- 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?
24 lectures delivered by Professor S. James Gates, Jr., University of Maryland at College Park.
A non-technical and accessible description of the central foundational concepts and historical development of the topic in theoretical physics called superstring/M-theory.
DVD.
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PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (iv, 186 pages, 22 cm.)
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1598031619 (set)
9781598031614 (set)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Teaching Company.
SUBJECTS
Superstring theories.
String models.