| Record ID: |
3543243 |
| Format: |
DVD |
| Physical description: |
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Date acquired: |
May 15, 2017
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| More creator details: |
Professor Don Lincoln. |
| Series statement: |
The Great Courses. Science & mathematics. Physics |
| Series title: |
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Physics. |
| General note: |
"Course No. 1318." |
| General note: |
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| General note: |
Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 minutes |
| General note: |
Title from container. |
| Contents note: |
Disc 1. Two prototype theories of everything -- The union of electricity and magnetism -- Particles and waves : the quantum world -- Einstein unifies space, time, and light -- Relativistic quantum fields and Feynman -- Neutrinos violating parity and the weak force -- Disc 2. Flavor changes via the weak force -- Electroweak unification via the Higgs Field -- Quarks, color, and the strong force -- Standard model triumphs and challenges -- How neutrino identity oscillates -- Conservation laws and symmetry : Emmy Noether -- Disc 3. Theoretical symmetries and mathematics -- Balancing force and matter : supersymmetry -- Why quarks and leptons? -- Newton's gravity unifies earth and sky -- Einstein's gravity bends space-time -- What holds each galaxy together : dark matter -- Disc 4. What pushes the universe apart : dark energy -- Quantum gravity : Einstein, strings, and loops -- From weak gravity to extra dimensions -- Big bang and inflation explain our universe -- Free parameters and other universes -- Toward a final theory of everything. |
| Credits: |
Teaching Company, production company. |
| Performers: |
Instructor: Professor Don Lincoln, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. |
