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Wolfson, Richard.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physics.
Motion.
Waves.
Gravitation.
Space and time.
Relativity (Physics)
Quantum theory.
Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Schrödinger equation.
Relativistic quantum theory.
Wave mechanics.
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Wolfson, Richard.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physics.
Motion.
Waves.
Gravitation.
Space and time.
Relativity (Physics)
Quantum theory.
Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Schrödinger equation.
Relativistic quantum theory.
Wave mechanics.
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Einstein
's
relativity
and the
quantum
revolution
[videorecording (DVD)] :
modern
physics
for
non-scientists
/ Richard Wolfson.
by
Wolfson, Richard.
Teaching Co., 2000.
Call #:
DVD 530.11 W861e
Subjects
Einstein
, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physics
.
Motion.
Waves.
Gravitation.
Space and time.
Relativity
(
Physics
)
Quantum
theory.
Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
Schrödinger equation.
Relativistic
quantum
theory.
Wave mechanics.
Series
Great
courses
(DVD). Science & mathematics.
Physics
.
Great
courses
(DVD).
ISBN:
9781565855656
1565855655
Alternate title:
Great
Courses
.
Einstein
's
relativity
and the
quantum
revolution
[videorecording (DVD)] :
modern
physics
for
non-scientists
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] :
Edition:
2nd ed.
Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (154 p, ; 19 cm.)
Notes:
The course guidebook included in the cases includes a detailed outline of each lecture. The Lecture transcript and course guidebook includes the detailed outline as well as a complete transcript of each lecture.
"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Course no. 153.
Home use only.
Contents:
Disc 1. Time travel, tunneling, tennis and tea -- Heaven and earth, place and motion -- The clockwork universe -- Let there be light! -- Speed "c" relative to what? -- Earth and the ether: a crisis in
physics
-- Disc 2.
Einstein
to the rescue -- Uncommon sense: stretching time -- Muons and time-traveling twins -- Escaping contradiction: simultaneity is relative -- Faster than light? Past, future, and elsewhere -- What about E=Mc2, and is everything relative? -- Disc 3. A problem of gravity -- Curved spacetime -- Black holes -- Into the heart of matter -- Enter the
quantum
-- Wave or particle? -- Disc 4.
Quantum
uncertainty: farewell to determinism -- Particle or wave? --
Quantum
weirdness and Schrödinger's cat -- The particle zoo -- Cosmic connections -- Toward a theory of everything.
Performers:
Lecturer: Professor Richard Wolfson.
Summary:
Takes the viewer from the early study of motion through the path of
modern
discovery of
relativity
,
quantum
phenomena and the consequences of these discoveries for our understanding of space, time and the universe
Genre:
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
Science films.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Teaching Company.
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