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The Mechanical universe-- and beyond

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The Mechanical universe-- and beyond / a co-production of the California Institute of Technology and the Corporation for Community College Television.

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S. Burlington, VT : Annenberg/CPB Collection, [1985-1987], ©1985-1987.

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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.