The Mechanical Universe S1E1

Episodes

1. Introduction

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. 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. Kepler to Einstein

26. Harmony of the Spheres

27. Beyond the Mechanical Universe

28. Static Electricity

29. The Electric Field

30. Potential and Capacitance

31. Voltage, Energy, and Force

32. The 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. The Michelson-Morley Experiment

42. The 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. The Atom

50. Particles and Waves

51. From Atoms to Quarks

52. The Quantum Mechanical Universe

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The Mechanical Universe

Documentary

The Mechanical Universe... And Beyond, is a 52-part telecourse filmed at the California Institute of Technology, and produced by Caltech and INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications. The series introduces university level physics, covering topics from Copernicus to quantum mechanics. Produced starting in 1985, the videos make heavy use of historical dramatizations and visual aids to explain physics concepts. The latter were state of the art at the time, incorporating almost 8 hours of computer animation created by computer graphics pioneer Jim Blinn. Each episode opens and closes with a "phantom" lecture by Caltech professor David Goodstein. After more than a quarter century, the series is still often used as a supplemental teaching aid, for its clear explanation of fundamental concepts such as special relativity. The Mechanical Universe lectures are actual freshman physics lectures from Physics 1a and 1b courses at the California Institute of Technology. The room seen in the videos is the Bridge lecture hall. The series can be purchased, or viewed by streaming from the Annenberg website, or can be viewed on other video streaming sites such as YouTube and Google Video.

Date: 01/01/1985

Rating: 8.8

Cast: n/a

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