Great ideas of classical physics / Steven Pollock.
DVD | Teaching Co. | 2006

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Description
4 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (183 pages ; 20 cm)
Series
The great courses, Science & Mathematics.
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
System Details
DVD.
Performer
Lectures by Steven Pollock.
Contents
The great ideas of classical physics -- Describing motion: a break from Aristotle --Describing ever more complex motion --Astronomy as a bridge to modern physics --Isaac Newton: the dawn of classical physics --Newton quantified: force and acceleration --Newton and the connections to astronomy -- Universal gravitation --Newton's third law --Conservation of momentum --Beyond Newton: work and energy --Power and the Newtonian synthesis --Further developments: static electricity --Electricity, magnetism, and force fields --Electrical currents and voltage --The origin of electric and magnetic fields --Unification 1: Maxwell's equations --Unification II: electromagnetism and light --Vibrations and waves --Sound waves and light waves --The atomic hypothesis --Energy in systems: heat and thermodynamics --Heat and the second law of thermodynamics --The grand picture of classical physics.
Note
"Course no. 1295."
Language
Closed-captioned.
Subject
Genre/Form
Added Author
Teaching Company.
ISBN
9781598032543
1598032542
Music No.
PD129502 The Teaching Co.
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