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

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

Language

eng

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instructional materials

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Main title

Einstein's relativity and the quantum revolution

Oclc number

57680056

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. 2: lecture 13. A problem of gravity -- lecture 14. Curved spacetime -- lecture 15. Black holes -- lecture 16. Into the heart of matter -- lecture 17. Enter the quantum -- lecture 18. Wave or particle? -- lecture 19. Quantum uncertainty- Farewell to determinism -- lecture 20. Particle or wave? -- lecture 21. Quantum weirdness and Schrödinger's cat -- lecture 22. The particle zoo -- lecture 23. Cosmic connections -- lecture 24. Toward a theory of everything

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