An edition of Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution (2000)

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An edition of Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution (2000)

Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution

modern physics for non-scientists : [Part I]

2nd ed.

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Topics include the basic ideas of modern physics; motion, space and time; Newton's laws of motion and gravity; electromagnetism vs. the study of motion; the "ether" and the earth's motion; Einstein's special theory of relativity; the principle of relativity and time dilation; the speed of light; muons and time travel; the relativity of simultaneity; Einstein's theory of relativity.

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Black holes (Astronomy), Gravity, Matter, Properties, Quantum theory, Wave theory of light, Particles (Nuclear physics), Space and time, Physics

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

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Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution: modern physics for non-scientists : [Part I]
2000, Teaching Co.
videorecording : in English - 2nd ed.
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Einsteins Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition (Teaching Company) (4 DVD Set, Course # 153)
2000, The Teaching Company, Teaching Co.
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Table of Contents

Lecture 1. Time travel, tunneling, tennis and tea
Lecture 2. Heaven and earth, place and motion
Lecture 3. The clockwork universe
Lecture 4. Let there be light!
Lecture 5. Speed c relative to what
Lecture 6. Earth and the ether: a crisis in physics
Lecture 7. Einstein to the rescue
Lecture 8. Uncommon sense : stretching time
Lecture 9. Muons and time-traveling twins
Lecture 10. Escaping contradiction : simultaneity is relative
Lecture 11. Faster than light? past, future and elsewhere
Lecture 12. What about E=mc℗ø, and is everything relative?

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Course guide includes bibliographical references, an outline of each lecture, diagrams used in the lectures, biographical notes, glossary, and time line.

Producer, Andreas Burgstaller ; editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content supervisor, Robert Cosgriff ; image research and acquisition, Liz Edgar.

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Great courses, Great courses (DVD)
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Modern physics for non-scientists

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2 videodiscs

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OL47076497M
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53380032

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Topics include Einstein's theory of gravity; curved spacetime; black holes; twentieth-century models of atomic matter; the photoelectric effect; the quantum; light as both wave and particle; the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the Copenhagen interpretation; Schrodinger's cat example; quantum superposition and the collapse of the wave function; neutrons, protons, quarks and their behavior; the Big Bang and the expansion of the universe; string theory.

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