DVD
Black holes, tides, and curved spacetime [videorecording] : understanding gravity
Record details
- ISBN: 9781598039856
- ISBN: 1598039857
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
- Publisher: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company c2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Course No. 1231"--Disc labels. 24 Lectures / 30 minutes per lecture. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | disc 1. The strangest force ; Free fall and inertia ; Revolution in the heavens ; Universal gravitation ; The art of experiment ; Escape velocity, energy, and rotation -- disc 2. Stars in their courses : orbital mechanics ; What are tides? earth and beyond ; Nudge : perturbations of orbits ; Reasonance : surprises in the intricate dance -- The million-body problem ; The billion-year battle -- disc 3. From forces to fields ; The falling laboratory ; Spacetime in zero gravity ; Spacetime tells matter how to move ; Matter tells spacetime how to curve ; Light in curved spacetime -- disc 4. Gravitomagnetism and gratitational waves ; Gravity's horizon : anatomy of a black hole ; Which universe is ours? ; Cosmic antigravity : inflation and dark energy ; The force of creation ; The next revolution. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Benjamin Schumacher, Kenyon College |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| Subject: | Gravity. Gravitation. General relativity (Physics) Black holes (Astronomy) Cosmology. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace Public Library | DVD 531.14 SCH (Text) | 35151000671768 | Adult Non-fiction DVD | Volume hold | Available | - |
