| Description |
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Filmed lecture |
| Series |
The Great Courses. Science & mathematics. Physics |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Physics.
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| Note |
Title from container. |
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Course No. 1318. |
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24 lectures (30 min. each). |
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Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239). |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Two prototype theories of everything -- The union of electricity and magnetism -- Particles and waves : the quantum world -- Einstein unifies space, time, and light -- Relativistic quantum fields and Feynman -- Neutrinos violating parity and the weak force -- Disc 2. Flavor changes via the weak force -- Electroweak unification via the Higgs Field -- Quarks, color, and the strong force -- Standard model triumphs and challenges -- How neutrino identity oscillates -- Conservation laws and symmetry : Emmy Noether -- Disc 3. Theoretical symmetries and mathematics -- Balancing force and matter : supersymmetry -- Why quarks and leptons? -- Newton's gravity unifies earth and sky -- Einstein's gravity bends space-time -- What holds each galaxy together : dark matter -- Disc 4. What pushes the universe apart : dark energy -- Quantum gravity : Einstein, strings, and loops -- From weak gravity to extra dimensions -- Big bang and inflation explain our universe -- Free parameters and other universes -- Toward a final theory of everything. |
| Performer |
Instructor, Professor Don Lincoln. |
| Summary |
Pull back the curtain on nature's deepest secrets and get a glimpse of the theory that ties everything together. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
In English; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Grand unified theories (Nuclear physics) -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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Instructional films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Lincoln, Don, lecturer.
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Teaching Company, production company.
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| ISBN |
9781629973852 |
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1629973858 |
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9781501965418 |
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1501965417 |
| Music No. |
1318 The Teaching Company |
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ID1318A-01 The Teaching Company |
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PB1318A The Teaching Company |
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PD1318A The Teaching Company |
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