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Physics and our Universe : how it all Works.

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Each lecture ca. 30 min.
"Subtopic: Physics"--Container.
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 dimension -- 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 -- 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.
Lecturer: Richard Wolfson.
A series of lectures on physics and the universe.
DVD, region 1.

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SERIES
Great courses.
Great courses. Science & mathematics.



PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 10 videodiscs (ca. 1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 382 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.).
Language: English
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781598037715
1598037714

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Wolfson, Richard.
Teaching Company.

SUBJECTS
Physics.
General relativity (Physics)
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
Instructional films.