First Semester 26 videocassettes

Second semester 13 videocassettes

1. Intro to the mechanical universe
2. The law of falling bodies
3. Derivatives
4. Inertia
5. Vectors
6. Newton’s laws
7. Integration
8. The apple and the moon
9. Moving in circles
10. The fundamental forces
11. Gravity, electricity, magnetism
12. The Millikan experiment
13. Conservation of energy
14. Potential energy
15. Conservation of momentum
16. Harmonic motion
17. Resonance
18. Waves
19. Angular momentum
20. Torques and gyroscopes
21. Kepler’s three laws
22. The Kepler problem
23. Energy and eccentricity
24. Navigating in space
25. From Kepler to Einstein
26. Harmony of the spheres.

[1] Pt. 27. Beyond the mechanical universe.
Pt. 28. Static electricity.
[2] Pt. 29. The electric field.
Pt. 30. Potential and capacitance.
[3] Pt. 31. Voltage, energy and force.
Pt. 32. The Electric battery.
[4] Pt. 33. Electric circuits.
Pt. 34. Magnets.
[5] Pt. 35. The magnetic field.
Pt. 36. Vector fields and hydrodynamics.
[6] Pt. 37. Electromagnetic induction.
Pt. 38. Alternating current.
[7] Pt. 39. Maxwell’s equations.
Pt. 40. Optics.
[8] Pt. 41. The Micenergy.
[10] Pt. 45. Temperature and gas law.
Pt. 46. Engine of nature.
[11] Pt. 47. Entropy.
Pt. 48. Low temperatures.
[12] Pt. 49. The atom.
Pt. 50. Particles and waves.
[13] Pt. 51. Atoms to quarks.
Pt. 52. The quantum mechanical universe.

Producer, Peter F. Buffa ; writer, Jack Arnold.
Host David L. Goodstein conducts a survey of introductory college physics.
Southern California Consortium, 1986.

Producer, Peter F. Buffa ; writer, Jack Arnold.