Physics in your life /
Richard Wolfson.
- Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2004.
- 6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + course guidebooks (214 pages ; 19 cm) in 3 containers
- Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. .
- The Great Courses .
Course number 1260. Three parts (containers) of two discs each, 6 lectures per disc, 36 lectures total, 30 min. per lecture and 1 course guide per part. "Science & Mathematics"--Container.
v.1, disc 1, lecture 1 Realms of physics -- lecture 2 Amazing disc -- lecture 3 Wonderful wave -- lecture 4 Seeing the light -- lecture 5 Is seeing believing? -- lecture 6 Music to your ears -- v.1, disc 2, lecture 7 May the forces be with you -- lecture 8 Aristotle's revenge -- lecture 9 Going in circles -- lecture 10 Taking flight -- lecture 11 Into space -- lecture 12 Conservative streak -- v.2, disc 3, lecture 13 Electrical heart of matter -- lecture 14 Harnessing the electrical genie -- lecture 15 Magnetic personality -- lecture 16 Making electricity -- lecture 17 Credit card to power plant -- lecture 18 Making waves -- v.2, disc 4: lecture 19 Miracle element -- lecture 20 Twentieth century's greatest inventions? -- lecture 21 Building the elctronics revolution -- lecture 22 Circuits--so logical -- lecture 23 How's your memory? -- lecture 24 Atom to computer -- v.3, disc 5, lecture 25 Keeping warm -- lecture 26 Life in the greenhouse -- lecture 27 Tip of the iceberg -- lecture 28 Physics in the kitchen -- lecture 29 like a work of Shakespeare -- lecture 30 Energy in your life -- v.3, disc 6, lecture 31 Your place on Earth -- lecture 32 Dance and spin -- lecture 33 Light fantastic -- lecture 34 Nuclear matters -- lecture 35 Physics in your body -- lecture 36 Your place in the universe.
"This course introduces principles of physics through their application to everyday life"--Guidebook.