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The Mechanical Universe (Episodes 40 to 52)

http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html

Video Codec..: DivX 5.x/6.x
Video Bitrate: 1498 kbps
Aspect Ratio.: 640x480 (1.333)
Framerate....: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec..: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate: 320kbps 2ch CBR 48000H

This series helps teachers demystify physics by showing students what it looks like.

Field trips to hot-air balloon events, symphony concerts, bicycle shops, and other locales make complex concepts more accessible.

Inventive computer graphics illustrate abstract concepts such as time, force, and capacitance, while historical reenactments of the studies of Newton, Leibniz, Maxwell, and others trace the evolution of theories.

The Mechanical Universe helps meet different students' needs, from the basic requirements of liberal arts students to the rigorous demands of science and engineering majors.

This series is also valuable for teacher professional development.

40. Optics
Many properties of light are properties of waves, including reflection, refraction, and diffraction.

41. The Michelson-Morley Experiment
In 1887, an exquisitely designed measurement of the earth's motion through the ether results in the most brilliant failure in scientific history.

42. The Lorentz Transformation
If the speed of light is to be the same for all observers, then the length of a meter stick, or the rate of a ticking clock, depends on who measures it.

43. Velocity and Time
Einstein is motivated to perfect the central ideas of physics, resulting in a new understanding of the meaning of space and time.

44. Mass, Momentum, Energy
The new meaning of space and time make it necessary to formulate a new mechanics.

45. Temperature and Gas Laws
Hot discoveries about the behavior of gases make the connection between temperature and heat.

46. Engine of Nature
The Carnot engine, part one, beginning with simple steam engines.

47. Entropy
The Carnot engine, part two, with profound implications for the behavior of matter and the flow of time through the universe.

48. Low Temperatures
With the quest for low temperatures came the discovery that all elements can exist in each of the basic states of matter.

49. The Atom
A history of the atom, from the ancient Greeks to the early 20th century, and a new challenge for the world of physics.

50. Particles and Waves
Evidence that light can sometimes act like a particle leads to quantum mechanics, the new physics.

51. From Atoms to Quarks
Electron waves attracted to the nucleus of an atom help account for the periodic table of the elements and ultimately lead to the search for quarks.

52. The Quantum Mechanical Universe
A last look at where we've been and a peek into the future.


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