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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
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Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
Science films.
DVDs.
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