| Description |
1 videodisc (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (vi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
The great courses, Science & mathematics, physics |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
24 Lectures on six discs; 30 minutes per lecture. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The strangest force -- Free fall and inertia -- Revolution in the heavens -- Universal gravitation -- The art of experiment -- Escape velocity, energy, and rotation -- Disc 2. Stars in their courses -- orbital mechanics -- What are tides? earth and beyond -- Nudge--perturbations of orbits -- Reasonance--surprises in the intricate dance -- The million-body problem -- The billion-year battle -- Disc 3. From forces to fields -- The falling laboratory -- Spacetime in zero gravity -- Spacetime tells matter how to move -- Matter tells spacetime how to curve -- Light in curved spacetime -- Disc 4. Gravitomagnetism and gratitational waves -- Gravity's horizon--anatomy of a Black Hole -- Which universe is ours? -- Cosmic antigravity--inflation and dark energy -- The force of creation -- The next revolution. |
| Performer |
Benjamin Schumacher, Kenyon College. |
| Subject |
Gravity -- Videodiscs.
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Gravitation -- Videodiscs.
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General relativity (Physics) -- Videodiscs.
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Black holes (Astronomy) -- Videodiscs.
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Cosmology -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Schumacher, Benjamin.
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Teaching Company.
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| Cover Title |
Understanding gravity |
| ISBN |
9781598039856 |
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1598039857 |
| Music No. |
1231 Teaching Company |
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