The Mechanical universe-- and beyond
- Title
- The Mechanical universe-- and beyond / a co-production of the California Institute of Technology and the Corporation for Community College Television.
- Published by
- S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, [1985-1987], ©1985-1987.
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Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 26 videocassettes (approximately 60 min. each) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- An introduction to classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, relativity, waves and optics, heat and thermodynamics, and modern physics. Includes computer animation sequences, historical reenactments, and close-up photography of experiments.
- Series statement
- Annenberg/CPB collection
- Uniform title
- Mechanical universe (Television program)
- Annenberg/CPB collection.
- Subject
- Contents
- cassette 1. program 1. The mechanical universe. program 2. The law of falling bodies -- cassette 2. program 3. Derivatives. program 4. Inertia --cassette 3. program 5. Vectors. program 6. Newton's laws -- cassette 4. program 7. Integration. program 8. The apple and the moon -- cassette 5. program 9. Moving in circles. program 10. Fundamental forces -- cassette 6. program 11. Gravity, electricity & magnetism. program 12. The Millikan experiment -- cassette 7. program 13. Conservation of energy. program 14. Potential energy -- cassette 8. program 15. Conservation of momentum. program 16. Harmonic motion.
- -- cassette 9. program 17. Resonance. program 18. Waves -- cassette 10. program 19. Angular momentum. program 20. Torques and gyroscopes -- cassette 11. program 21. Kepler's laws. program 22. The Kepler problem -- cassette 12. program 23. Energy and eccentricity. program 24. Navigating in space -- cassette 13. program 25. From Kepler to Einstein. program 26. Harmony of the spheres.
- -- cassette 14. program 27. The mechanical universe and beyond. program 28. Static electricity -- cassette 15. program 29. The electric field. program 30. Capacitance & potential -- cassette 16. program 31. Voltage, energy,and force. program 32. The electric battery -- cassette 17. program 33. Electric circuits. program 34. Magnetism -- cassette 18. program 35. The magnetic field. program 36. Vector fields and hydrodynamics -- cassette 19. program 37. Electromagnetic induction. program 38. Alternating current.
- -- cassette 20. program 39. Maxwell's equations. program 40. Optics -- cassette 21. program 41. The Michelson-Morley experiment. program 42. The Lorentz transformation -- cassette 22. program 43. Velocity and time. program 44. Energy, momentum & mass -- cassette 23. program 45. Temperature & the gas law. program 46. The engine of nature -- cassette 24. program 47. Entropy. program 48. Low temperatures -- cassette 25. program 49. The atom. program 50. Particles and waves -- cassette 26. program 51. From atoms to quarks. program 52. The quantum mechanical universe.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Title from container.
- Titles of several programs differ slightly on containers.
- Originally broadcast on the television program: The mechanical universe.
- Programs 1-52 (each ca. 30 min.) of a two-semester television college course.
- Credits (note)
- Executive producer, Sally V. Beaty ; producer, Peter F. Buffa ; narrator, Aaron Fletcher.
- System details (note)
- VHS format.