The Mechanical universe-- and beyond
Subtitle: Part I, The mechanical universe, programs 1-4
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
Publisher: Annenberg/CPB
Published: 2003
Place of publication: S. Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Astrophysics; Geophysics; Gravity; Acceleration (Mechanics); Mathematical physics; Physics; Methodology; Cosmology; Science; Philosophy; Inertia (Mechanics)
Other titles: Mechanical universe (Television program); Law of falling bodies.; Derivatives.; Inertia.
Description: Program 1 introduces revolutionary ideas and heroes from Copernicus to Newton and links the physics of the heavens and the earth. Program 2 covers Galileo's experiments which proved that all bodies fall with the same constant acceleration. Program 3 deals with the function of mathematics in physical science and the derivative as a practical tool. Program 4 deals with Galileo's efforts to answer questions about the nature of universe, the development of his law of inertia, and the risks that he took in challenging accepted knowledge of the period. 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 ; narrator, Aaron Fletcher..

College students and adults.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: Introduction (30 min.); title: The law of falling bodies (30 min.); title: Derivatives (30 min.); title: Inertia (30 min.)