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The evidence for modern physics : how we know what we know.
"In a riveting course designed to give non-scientists the matchless experience of scientific discovery and deep understanding, The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know takes you through the most remarkable insights of contemporary physics, showing why physicists believe what they do."--The Great Courses.
Record details
- ISBN: 1644650835
- ISBN: 9781644650837
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (744 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course workbook (vi, 207 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2021]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from disc label. "Course No. 10070." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | The book includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disc 1. Do you believe in atoms? -- Peering inside protons and neutrons -- Seeing light as wave and particle -- The paradox of quantum entanglement -- How we know special relativity is real -- Why the speed of light is the speed limit. Disc 2. Discovering subatomic particles -- How do you weigh a quark? -- Capturing the ghostly neutrino -- The search for the Higgs Boson -- Are man-made black holes dangerous? -- How we know what stars are made of. Disc 3. Forming the Milky Way and other galaxies -- Finding planets around distant stars -- The awesome evidence for gravitational waves -- How we know the universe began with a bang -- The case for cosmic inflation. Disc 4. How we know dark matter exists -- How we search for dark matter -- How we know the universe is accelerating -- Measuring the size and age of the universe -- What we know about quantum foam -- Are space and time quantized? |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Instructor, Don Lincoln, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| Subject: | Quantum theory. Relativity (Physics) Cosmology. Black holes (Astronomy) Space and time. |
| Genre: | Instructional films. Lectures. Nonfiction films. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 530 EVIDE FO (Text) | 33126023861630 | Recorded Lectures | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | 530 EVIDE FO (Text) | 33126023861622 | Recorded Lectures | Available | - |