• 1985
  • 25m
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond
  • 1985
  • 25m

The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Chris Tashima Aaron Fletcher David L. Goodstein

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 8, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Corp. for Community College Television

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 8, 1985

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Corp. for Community College Television

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
Introduction
This preview introduces revolutionary ideas and heroes from Copernicus to Newton, and links the physics of the heavens and the earth.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
The Law of Falling Bodies
Galileo's imaginative experiments proved that all bodies fall with the same constant acceleration.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
Derivatives
The function of mathematics in physical science and the derivative as a practical tool.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Inertia
Galileo risks his favored status to answer the questions of the universe with his law of inertia.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
Vectors
Physics must explain not only why and how much, but also where and which way.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
Newton's Laws
Newton lays down the laws of force, mass, and acceleration.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
Integration
Newton and Leibniz arrive at the conclusion that differentiation and integration are inverse processes.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
The Apple and the Moon
The first real steps toward space travel are made as Newton discovers that gravity describes the force between any two particles in the universe.
Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969
Moving in Circles
A look at the Platonic theory of uniform circular motion.
Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969
Fundamental Forces
All physical phenomena of nature are explained by four forces: two nuclear forces, gravity, and electricity.
Episode 11 • Dec 31, 1969
Gravity/Electricity/Magnetism
Shedding light on the mathematical form of the gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces.
Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1969
The Millikan Experiment
A dramatic recreation of Millikan's classic oil-drop experiment to determine the charge of a single electron.
Episode 13 • Dec 31, 1969
Conservation of Energy
According to one of the major laws of physics, energy is neither created nor destroyed.
Episode 14 • Dec 31, 1969
Potential Energy
Potential energy provides a powerful model for understanding why the world has worked the same way since the beginning of time.
Episode 15 • Dec 31, 1969
Conservation of Momentum
What keeps the universe ticking away until the end of time?
Episode 16 • Dec 31, 1969
Harmonic Motion
The music and mathematics of periodic motion.
Episode 17 • Dec 31, 1969
Resonance
Why a swaying bridge collapses with a high wind, and why a wine glass shatters with a higher octave.
Episode 18 • Dec 31, 1969
Waves
With an analysis of simple harmonic motion and a stroke of genius, Newton extended mechanics to the propagation of sound.
Episode 19 • Dec 31, 1969
Angular Momentum
An old momentum with a new twist.
Episode 20 • Dec 31, 1969
Torques and Gyroscopes
From spinning tops to the precession of the equinoxes.
Episode 21 • Dec 31, 1969
Kepler's Three Laws
The discovery of elliptical orbits helps describe the motion of heavenly bodies with unprecedented accuracy.
Episode 22 • Dec 31, 1969
The Kepler Problem
The deduction of Kepler's laws from Newton's universal law of gravitation is one of the crowning achievements of Western thought.
Episode 23 • Dec 31, 1969
Energy and Eccentricity
The precise orbit of a heavenly body - a planet, asteroid, or comet - is fixed by the laws of conservation of energy and angular momentum.
Episode 24 • Dec 31, 1969
Navigating in Space
Voyages to other planets use the same laws that guide planets around the solar system.
Episode 25 • Dec 31, 1969
From Kepler to Einstein
From Kepler's laws and the theory of tides, to Einstein's general theory of relativity, into black holes, and beyond.
Episode 26 • Dec 31, 1969
Harmony of the Spheres
A last lingering look back at mechanics to see new connections between old discoveries.
Episode 27 • Dec 31, 1969
Beyond the Mechanical Universe
The world of electricity and magnetism, and 20th-century discoveries of relativity and quantum mechanics.
Episode 28 • Dec 31, 1969
Static Electricity
Eighteenth-century electricians knew how to spark the interest of an audience with the principles of static electricity.
Episode 29 • Dec 31, 1969
The Electric Field
Faraday's vision of lines of constant force in space laid the foundation for the modern force field theory.
Episode 30 • Dec 31, 1969
Capacitance and Potential
Franklin proposes a successful theory of the Leyden jar and invents the parallel plate capacitor.
Episode 31 • Dec 31, 1969
Voltage/Energy/Force
When is electricity dangerous or benign, spectacular or useful?
Episode 32 • Dec 31, 1969
The Electric Battery
Volta invents the electric battery using the internal properties of different metals.
Episode 33 • Dec 31, 1969
Electric Circuits
The work of Wheatstone, Ohm, and Kirchhoff leads to the design and analysis of how current flows.
Episode 34 • Dec 31, 1969
Magnetism
Gilbert discovered that the earth behaves like a giant magnet. Modern scientists have learned even more.
Episode 35 • Dec 31, 1969
The Magnetic Field
The law of Biot and Sarvart, the force between electric currents, and Ampère's law.
Episode 36 • Dec 31, 1969
Vector Fields and Hydrodynamics
Force fields have definite properties of their own suitable for scientific study.
Episode 37 • Dec 31, 1969
Electromagnetic Induction
The discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831 creates an important technological breakthrough in the generation of electric power.
Episode 38 • Dec 31, 1969
Alternating Currents
Electromagnetic induction makes it easy to generate alternating current while transformers make it practical to distribute it over long distances.
Episode 39 • Dec 31, 1969
Maxwell's Equations
Maxwell discovers that displacement current produces electromagnetic waves or light.
Episode 40 • Dec 31, 1969
Optics
Many properties of light are properties of waves, including reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
Episode 41 • Dec 31, 1969
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.
Episode 42 • Dec 31, 1969
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.
Episode 43 • Dec 31, 1969
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.
Episode 44 • Dec 31, 1969
Energy, Momentum, and Mass
The new meaning of space and time make it necessary to formulate a new mechanics.
Episode 45 • Dec 31, 1969
Temperature and the Gas Law
Hot discoveries about the behavior of gases make the connection between temperature and heat.
Episode 46 • Dec 31, 1969
The Engine of Nature
The Carnot engine, part one, beginning with simple steam engines.
Episode 47 • Dec 31, 1969
Entropy
The Carnot engine, part two, with profound implications for the behavior of matter and the flow of time through the universe.
Episode 48 • Dec 31, 1969
Low Temperatures
With the quest for low temperatures came the discovery that all elements can exist in each of the basic states of matter.
Episode 49 • Dec 31, 1969
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.
Episode 50 • Dec 31, 1969
Particles and Waves
Evidence that light can sometimes act like a particle leads to quantum mechanics, the new physics.
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