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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The film uses physics, which explains how the universe works, to explain our metaphysics, the story of our values, our institutions, our interactions. Using her own experience and a custom blend of insight and humor, provocation and inspiration, personal story and social commentary, Emily takes her audience through its paradigm shift: from the Fear of Change to the Edge of Chaos. Emily Levine, like her film, was one-of-a-kind. She was a television...
Author
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (114 pages).
Description
"Some things can happen in our universe and others cannot. The laws of physics set this boundary between the possible and the impossible."--Container. Professor Schumacher takes the viewer into territory on both sides of the impossibility line to examine these complex realms.
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (228 pages)
Description
"An acclaimed physicist uses analogies to everyday life to teach the rules that govern the microscopic world of particles in this accessible introduction to quantum theory."
Author
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The force of gravity rules the universe. It governs our everyday lives on Earth and it controls the motions of the heavens above. Yet it is one of the least understood of all the forces of nature. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of the forces of gravity that rule the universe.
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 158 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Relativity and quantum physics touch the very basis of physical reality, altering commonsense notions of space and time, cause and effect. Both have reputations for complexity, but the basic ideas behind relativity and quantum physics are, in fact, simple and comprehensible by anyone. The essence of relativity in a single sentence: The laws of physics are the same for all observers in uniform motion. Relativity and quantum physics are the gateway...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follow six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists join forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter.
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (13 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Description
The Mammoth Islanders are looking for an alternative to using mammoths to deliver their pizzas so they experiment with different internal combustion engines, from rockets to turbofan jet engines to gasoline engines. By comparing the advantages and drawbacks of these engines, they determine which one will serve their business best and ensure that the pizzas are delivered on time.
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the life and work of Richard Feynman, Nobel prize-winning physicist, best known for his work on the atom bomb, his theory of quantum thermodynamics, and his contribution to the investigation into the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
12) Copenhagen
Pub. Date
[2015].
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Drama based on a pivotal meeting in 1941 between physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (1800 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 296 p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
English novelist and scientist C. P. Snow classed certain scientific ideas with the works of Shakespeare as things every educated person should know. The lectures in this series explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of the physical and biological sciences--physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more--providing a comprehensive and integrated introduction to all of science. The Joy of Science,...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (198 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Stephen Hawking unfolds his personal, compelling vision of the biggest question of all: Who or what created the universe in which we live? The groundbreaking series into the Universe with Stephen Hawking combined cutting-edge computer graphics with Hawking's witty, distinctive and incisive world view. Now, the journey is taken a step further, as physics and cosmology become tools to answer questions that philosophers have struggled with for thousands...
15) The Marvels
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole, her powers are entangled with super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and work together to save the universe." /
16) Interstellar
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Description
With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
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