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Albert Einstein physicist, philosopher, humanitarian /
- Title
- Albert Einstein [videorecording] : physicist, philosopher, humanitarian / taught by Professor Don Howard.
- Author
- Howard, Don, professor.
- Publication
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2008.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Use in library | QC16.E5 .H69 2008 guide | Off-site |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Use in library | QC16.E5 .H69 2008 pt.1, disc 1-2 in 1album | Off-site |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Use in library | QC16.E5 .H69 2008 pt.2, disc 3-4 in 1album | Off-site |
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- Teaching Company. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91045166
- Description
- 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
- Series Statement
- The Great courses
- Uniform Title
- Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
- Subjects
- Note
- Course no. 8122.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Lecture 1. The precocious young Einstein -- Lecture 2. The development of the young physicist -- Lecture 3. The birth of the quantum hypothesis -- Lecture 4. Background to special relativity -- Lecture 5. Essentials of special relativity -- Lecture 6. From Bern to Berlin -- Lecture 7. Background to general relativity -- Lecture 8. Essentials of general relativity -- Lecture 9. From Berlin to Princeton -- Lecture 10. Philosophical challenge of the new physics -- Lecture 11. Einstein's philosophy of science -- Lecture 12. Zionism, pacifism, and internationalism.
- Pt. 2. Lecture 13. Einstein the inventor and musician -- Lecture 14. On the road to the new quantum mechanics -- Lecture 15. Quantum mechanics and controversy -- Lecture 16. Einstein in Princeton--the lonely quest -- Lecture 17. Is quantum mechanics complete? -- Lecture 18. The expanding universe -- Lecture 19. Einstein and the bomb--science politicized -- Lecture 20. From the Manhattan Project to the Cold War -- Lecture 21. A lifelong commitment to social justice -- Lecture 22. Cosmic religion and Jewish identity -- Lecture 23. Einstein and modernity -- Lecture 24. The sage of Princeton--Einstein the icon.
- ISBN
- 1598034588
- 9781598034585
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library