| Description |
4 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 393 page : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD rda |
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Educational film |
| Series |
Great courses: Science. Engineering |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Engineering.
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| Note |
36 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture. |
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"Course No. 1116"--Container. |
| Bibliography |
Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391). |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Engineering and technology in your world -- Your house as an engineered system -- Three structural systems for load bearing -- Platform-framed housing construction -- The building envelope -- Site design and storm runoff -- disc 2: Dam, reservoir, and aqueduct design -- Water treatment and distribution -- Wastewater disposal and treatment -- Fossil fuels: coal,oil, and natural gas -- Power generation from coal -- Oil, gas, and nuclear power -- disc 3: Renewable sources of electricity -- Electrical power transmission: the grid -- Electrical power distribution -- Everyday thermodynamics: refrigeration -- Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning -- Home energy efficiency -- disc 4: Passive solar and net-zero- energy homes -- The plain old telephone service -- The global telecommunications network -- Cellular phone technology -- Satellites and satellite communications -- Simple machines around the houses -- disc 5: User-centered design -- The internal combustion engine -- Torque, power, and transmission -- The drivetrain -- Suspension, steering, and braking -- Highway engineering -- disc 6: Traffic engineering -- Everyday bridges -- Tunnel engineering -- The railroad -- Solid waste disposal and recycling -- The future: engineering for sustainability. |
| Performer |
Presenter, Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy at West Point. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Engineering.
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Technology.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Ressler, Stephen J., instructor.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1629972274 dvd set |
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9781629972275 dvd set |
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