The Mechanical universe ... and beyond  [videorecording] /  
 Mechanical universe 
a co-production of the California Institute of Technology and The Corporation for Community College Television ; David L. Goodstein, creator & host. 
 - South Burlington, VT :  Annenberg/CPB Project,  c1989. 
 - 2 parts (52 programs) in 14 videodiscs (ca. 780 min.) :   sd., col. with b&w sequences ;  4 3/4 in. (in two containers) 
<br/><br/> Originally produced in 1985. 
<br/><br/>Part I. 1. Introduction to the mechanical universe -- 2. The law of falling bodies -- 3. Derivatives -- 4. Inertia -- 5. Vectors -- 6. Newton's laws -- 7. Integration -- 8. The apple and the moon -- 9. Moving in circles --10. The fundamental forces -- 11. Gravity, electricity, magnetism -- 12. The Millikan experiment -- 13. Conservation of energy -- 14. Potential energy --15. Conservation of momentum -- 16. Harmonic motion -- 17. Resonance -- 18. Waves -- 19. Angular momentum -- 20. Torques and gyroscopes -- 21. Kepler's three laws -- 22. The Kepler problem -- 23. Energy and eccentricity -- 24. Navigating in space -- 25. From Kepler to Einstein -- 26. Harmony of the spheres. Part II. 27. Beyond the mechanical universe -- 28. Making electricity -- 29. The electric field -- 30. Potential and capacitance -- 31. Voltage, energy and force -- 32. Electric battery -- 33. Electric circuits -- 34. Magnetism -- 35. The magnetic field -- 36. Vector fields and hydrodynamics -- 37. Electromagnetic induction -- 38. Alternating current -- 39. Maxwell's equations -- 40. Optics -- 41. Michelson-Morley experiment -- 42. Lorentz transformation -- 43. Velocity and time -- 44. Mass, momentum, energy -- 45. Temperature and gas laws -- 46. Engine of nature -- 47. Entropy -- 48. Low temperatures -- 49. Atom -- 50. Particles and waves -- 51. From atoms to quarks --52. The quantum mechanical universe. 
<br/><br/>Producer, Peter Buffa ; writer, Jack Arnold ; executive producer, Sally V. Beaty ; narrator, Aaron Fletcher.  Producer, Peter Buffa ; writer, Jack Arnold ; executive producer, Sally V. Beaty ; narrator, Aaron Fletcher. DVD produced by Annenberg/CPB and CitiCam Digital, producer, Bob Schapiro.  DVD produced by Annenberg/CPB and CitiCam Digital, producer, Bob Schapiro. 
<br/><br/>Host, David Goodstein. 
<br/><br/> Contains introductory physics and traces the drama of scientific discovery using a mixture of archival footage and historical backdrops to introduce the great thinkers of the past from Copernicus to Einstein. Programs illustrate classical mechanics and modern physics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1576806863 (part 1) 9781576806869 (part 1) 1576806936 (part II) 9781576806937 (part II) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mechanics.<br/>Mechanics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Physics.<br/>Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Space and time.<br/>Force and energy.<br/>Atoms.<br/>Gravity.<br/>Electric fields.<br/>Momentum (Mechanics)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC128  / .M433 1989