Physics in Your Life

by Richard Wolfson

Streaming video, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

530

Collection

Publication

The Great Courses (2004), 270 pages, 18 hours, 36 lectures

Description

"This course introduces principles of physics through their application to everyday life"--Guidebook.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

270 p.; 8 inches

Local notes

[1] Realms of physics [2] The amazing disc [3] The wonderful wave [4] Seeing the light [5] Is seeing believing? [6] Music to your ears [7] May the forces be with you [8] Aristotle's revenge [9] Going in circles [10] Taking flight [11] Into space [12] A conservative streak [13] The electrical heart of matter [14] Harnessing the electrical genie [15] A magnetic personality [16] Making electricity [17] Credit card to power plant [18] Making waves [19] The miracle element [20] The twentieth century's greatest inventions? [21] Building the elctronics revolution [22] Circuits—so logical! [23] How's your memory? [24] Atom to computer [25] Keeping warm [26] Life in the greenhouse [27] The tip of the iceberg [28] Physics in the kitchen [29] Like a work of Shakespeare [30] Energy in your life [31] Your place on Earth [32] Dance and spin [33] The light fantastic [34] Nuclear matters [35] Physics in your body [36] Your place in the universe

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