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Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution, modern physics for non-scientists, Richard Wolfson, Part 1 of 2

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Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution, modern physics for non-scientists, Richard Wolfson, Part 1 of 2

Language

eng

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instructional materials

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lectures speechesinstruction

Main title

Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution

Oclc number

57680032

Responsibility statement

Richard Wolfson

Series statement

Great courses

Sub title

modern physics for non-scientists

Summary

Takes the viewer from the early study of motion through the path of modern discovery of relativity, quantum phenomena and the consequences of these discoveries for our understanding of space, time and the universe

Table Of Contents

pt. 1: lecture 1. Time travel, tunneling, tennis, and tea -- lecture 2. Heaven and earth, place and motion -- lecture 3. The clockwork universe -- lecture 4. Let there be light! -- lecture 5. Speed c relative to what? -- lecture 6. Earth and the ether: A crisis in physics -- lecture 7. Einstein to the rescue -- lecture 8. Uncommon sense: Stretching time -- lecture 9. Muons and time-traveling twins -- lecture 10. Escaping contradiction- Simultaneity is relative -- lecture 11. Faster than light? Past, future, and elsewhere -- lecture 12. What about E=mc², and is everything relative?

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