The Mechanical universe-- and beyond
Subtitle: Part I : The mechanical universe, programs 5-8
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
Series: PHS 102 (NU course)
Publisher: Annenberg/CPB
Published: 2003
Place of publication: S. Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Physics; Philosophy; Mechanics; Mathematical physics; Inverse problems (Differential equations); Numerical analysis
Other titles: Mechanical universe (Television program); Vectors.; Newton's laws.; Integration.; Apple and the moon.
Description: Program 5 deals with the issues addressed by physics: why, how much, where, and which way. Program 6 covers Newton's contribution to the laws of force, mass, and acceleration.  Program 7 deals with Newton's and Leibniz conclusion that differentiation and integration are inverse processes. Program 8 covers Newton's discovery that gravity describes the force between any two particles in the universe. Uses computer animation sequences, historical reenactments, and close-up photography of experiments.s.
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: Vectors (30 min.); title: Newton's laws (30 min.); title: Integration (30 min.); title: The apple and the moon (30 min.)