The Mechanical universe-- and beyond
Subtitle: Part II : Beyond the mechanical universe, programs 35-38
By: California Institute of Technology and the Southern California Consortium ; producer and director, Peter Buffa
Contributors: California Institute of Technology; Southern California Consortium for Community College Television; Annenberg/CPB
Publisher: Annenberg/CPB
Published: 2003
Place of publication: S. Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Electric currents; Magnetism; Electromagnetic induction; Electric power transmission
Other titles: Mechanical universe (Television program); Beyond the mechanical universe.; Magnetic field.; Vector fields and hydrodynamics.; Electromagnetic induction.; Alternating current.
Description: Program 35 deals with Biot's and Savart's law, the force between electric currents, and Ampere's law. Program 36 discusses the properties of force fields. Program 37 deals with the discovery of electromagnetic induction in 1831, which was an important technological breakthrough in the generation of electricity. Program 38 describes how combining alternating current with transformers makes it practical to distribute ac over long distances. Uses computer animation sequences, historical reenactments, and close-up photography of experiments.
Notes: An Annenberg/CPB project.

Pt. of a two-semester television course.

Videodisc release of the original television program: The mechanical universe.

Animated graphics, Jim Blinn ; story editor, Jack Arnold ; consultants, Dave A. Campbell, Judith Goodstein.

Host, David Goodstein.

College students and adults.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: The magnetic field (30 min.); title: Vector fields and hydrodynamics (30 min.); title: Electromagnetic induction (30 min.); title: Alternating current (30 min.)