The Mechanical Universe
The Mechanical Universe is a 52 part telecourse produced at Caltech
under the direction of Dr. David Goodstein. The programs consist
of laboratory demonstrations, lecture hall sequences, historical
recreations and almost 8 hours of computer animation. Here is
a list of the titles of the episodes. More graphical information
will follow later.
- E001 Introduction
- E002 The Law of Falling Bodies
- E003 Derivatives
- E004 Inertia
- E005 Vectors
- E006 Newtons Laws
- E007 Integration
- E008 The Apple and the Moon
- E009 Moving in Circles
- E010 Forces
- E011 Gravity/Electricity/Magnetism
- E012 Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
- E013 Conservation of Energy
- E014 Potential Energy
- E019 Conservation of Momentum
- E020 Harmonic Motion
- E021 Resonance
- E022 Waves
- E023 Angular Momentum
- E024 Torques and Gyroscopes
- E025 Keplers Laws
- E026 The Kepler Problem
- E027 Energy and Eccentricity
- E028 Navigating in Space
- E029 From Kepler to Einstein
- E128 Static Electricity
- E129 The Electric Field
- E130 Potential and Capacitance
- E131 Voltage, Energy and Force
- E132 The Electric Battery
- E133 Electric Circuits
- E134 Magnetism
- E135 The Magnetic Field
- E136 Vector Fields and Hydrodynamics
- E137 Electromagnetic Induction
- E138 Alternating Current
- E139 Maxwell's Equations
- E140 Optics
- E141 The Michelson-Morley Experiment
- E142 The Lorentz Transformation
- E143 Velocity and Time
- E144 Mass, Momentum and Energy
- E145 Temperature and the Ideal Gas Law
- E146 The Engine of Nature
- E147 Entropy
- E148 Low Temperatures
- E149 The Atom
- E150 Particles and Waves
- E151 From Atoms to Quarks
- E152 The Quantum Mechanical Universe
Some more information about
the project is available here.
James F. Blinn/ Microsoft Research / blinn@microsoft.com