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Title:
Black Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity [hoopla TV program].
Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
[United States] : The Great Courses, 2013.
Made available through hoopla
Physical Description:
1 online resource (24 video files (approximately 720 min.)) : sd., col.
Abstract:
Gravity rules the universe. Without it, everything would dissolve into a gas of randomly interacting atoms. Yet gravity is one of the least understood forces in nature. Black Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime introduces you to key ideas in gravity research over the past 400 years. It's an awe-inspiring journey led by a prominent theoretical physicist.
Contents:
Episode 1 The Strangest Force Episode 2 Free Fall and Inertia Episode 3 Revolution in the Heavens Episode 4 Universal Gravitation Episode 5 The Art of Experiment Episode 6 Escape Velocity, Energy, and Rotation Episode 7 Stars in Their Courses-Orbital Mechanics Episode 8 What Are Tides? Earth and Beyond Episode 9 Nudge-Perturbations of Orbits Episode 10 Resonance-Surprises in the Intricate Dance Episode 11 The Million-Body Problem Episode 12 The Billion-Year Battle Episode 13 From Forces to Fields Episode 14 The Falling Laboratory Episode 15 Spacetime in Zero Gravity Episode 16 Spacetime Tells Matter How to Move Episode 17 Matter Tells Spacetime How to Curve Episode 18 Light in Curved Spacetime Episode 19 Gravitomagnetism and Gravitational Waves Episode 20 Gravity's Horizon-Anatomy of a Black Hole Episode 21 Which Universe Is Ours? Episode 22 Cosmic Antigravity-Inflation and Dark Energy Episode 23 The Force of Creation Episode 24 The Next Revolution.
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
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Audience:
Rated TVPG.
