Physics and Our Universe: How It All Works

by Richard Wolfson

Streaming video, 2011

Status

Available

Call number

530

Collection

Publication

Great Courses (2011), 30 hours, 60 lectures, 392 pages

Description

A series of lectures on physics and the universe.

Language

Original language

English

Local notes

[01] The Fundamental Science [02] Languages of Physics [03] Describing Motion [04] Falling Freely [05] It's a 3-D World! [06] Going in Circles [07] Causes of Motion [08] Using Newton's Laws: 1-D motion [09] Action and Reaction [10] Newton's Laws in 2 and 3 Dimensions [11] Work and Energy [12] Using Energy Conservation [13] Gravity [14] Systems of Particles [15] Rotational Motion [16] Keeping Still [17] Back and Forth: Oscillatory Motion [18] Making Waves [19] Fluid Statics: The Tip of the Iceberg [20] Fluid Dynamics [21] Heat and Temperature [22] Heat Transfer [23] Matter and Heat [24] The Ideal Gas [25] Heat and Work [26] Entropy: The Second Law of Thermodynamics [27] Consequences of the Second Law [28] A Charged World [29] The Electric Field [30] Electric Potential [31] Electric Energy [32] Electric Current [33] Electric Circuits [34] Magnetism [35] The Origin of Magnetism [36] Electromagnetic Induction [37] Applications of Electromagnetic Induction [38] Magnetic Energy [39] AC/DC [40] Electromagnetic Waves [41] Reflection and Refraction [42] Imaging [43] Wave Optics [44] Cracks in the Classical Picture [45] Earth, Ether, Light [46] Special Relativity [47] Time and Space [48] Space: Time and Mass-Energy [49] General Relativity [50] Introducing the Quantum [51] Atomic Quandaries [52] Wave or Particle? [53] Quantum Mechanics [54] Atoms [55] Molecules and Solids [56] The Atomic Nucleus [57] Energy from the Nucleus [58] The Particle Zoo [59] An Evolving Universe [60] Humble Physics: What We Don't Know

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