Physics and Engineering Videos 2007-08
- Great ideas of classical physics
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC21.3 .P655 2006
Publication information: [Springfield, VA] : Teaching Co., c2006
Physical description: 4 videodiscs : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (73, 74 p. 22 cm.)
Description: Professor Steven Pollock takes you step by step through the great ideas of classical physics, showing that landmark concepts such as Newton's laws of motion are intuitively understood by anyone who has ever ridden a bike, thrown a ball, slid across ice, or simply picked up an object and set it down
Contents: Pt. 1. Lecture 1. The great ideas of classical physics -- lecture 2. Describing motion - a break from Aristotle -- lecture 3. Describing ever more complex motion -- lecture 4. Astronomy as a bridge to modern physics -- lecture 5. Isaac Newton - The dawn of classical physics -- lecture 6. Newton quantified - force and acceleration -- lecture 7. Newton and the connections to astronomy -- lecture 8. Universal gravitation -- lecture 9. Newton's third law -- lecture 10. Conservation of momentum -- lecture 11. Beyond Newton - work and energy -- lecture 12. Power and the Newtonian synthesis -- Pt. 2. lecture 13. Further developments - static electricity -- lecture 14. Electricity, magnetism, and force fields -- lecture 15. Electrical currents and voltage -- lecture 16. The origin of electric and magnetic fields -- lecture 17. Unification 1 - Maxwell's equations -- lecture 18. Unification II - electromagnetism and light -- lecture 19. Vibrations and waves -- lecture 20. Sound waves and light waves -- lecture 21. The atomic hypothesis -- lecture 22. Energy in systems - heat and thermodynamics -- lecture 23. Heat and the second law of thermodynamics -- lecture 24. The grand picture of classical physics
- Physics demonstrations: a sourcebook for teachers of physics
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC33 .S675 2006
Publication information: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006
Physical description: xii, 290 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) 29 cm. + 2 DVDs (4 3/4 in.)
- Bohr's model of the atom
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC174.12 .B647 2006
Publication information: Thornwood, NY : VEA (Video Education America), c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (26 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: This program focuses on Niels Bohr, who worked with some of the best physicists of the 20th century to devise his atomic model. Students will gain an understanding of the historical developments in atomic theories up to Bohr, a brief outline of Bohr's life. Bohr's first and second postulates, and his influence on contemporary society
Contents: Historical development of atomic theories -- Brief outline of Bohr's life -- Bohr's model in detail 1 -- Bohr's model in detail 2 -- Beyond Bohr
- Electrical principles
- Format: Streaming video
Location: strem
Call Number: QC523
Publication information: Lawrenceville, NJ : Shopware, c2006
Physical description: 1 streaming video (18 min.) viewed on demand
Description: Introduces the basics of electricity with coverage of atoms, conductors, and other electrical principles
- Superstring theory: the DNA of reality
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC794.6.S85 G384 2006
Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2006
Physical description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.)
Description: Examines the field of superstring theory, the concept that all matter is composed of inconceivably tiny filaments of vibrating energy
Contents: Part 1. disc 1. lecture 1. The macro/micro/mathematical connection -- lecture 2. Who is afraid of music? -- lecture 3. Apropos Einstein's perfect brainstorm year -- lecture 4. Honey, I shrunk to the quantum world--part I -- lecutre 5. Honey, I shrunk to the quantum world--part II -- lecture 5. Dr. Hawking's dilemma -- disc 2. lecture 7. I'd like to see a cosmos sing in perfect harmony -- lecture 8. Einstein's hypotenuse and strings--part I -- lecture 9. Einstein's hypotenuse and strings-- part II -- lecture 10. Tying up the Tachyon monster with spinning strings -- lecture 11. The invasion of the anti-consummuting numbers -- lecture 12. It's a bird--a plane--no, it's superstring! --;Part 2. disc 3. lecture 13. Gauge theory--a brief return to the real world -- lecture 14. Princeton String Quartet concerti--part I -- lecture 15. Princeton String Quartet concerti--part II -- lecture 16. Extra dimensions--ether-like or quark-like? -- lecture 17. The fundamental forces strung out -- lecture 18. Do-see-do and swing your superpartner--part I -- disc 4. lecture 19. Do-see-do and swing your superpartner--part II -- lecture 20. A superpartner for Dr. Einstein's graviton -- lecture 21. Can 4D forces (without gravity) love strings? -- lecture 22. If you knew SUSY -- lecture 23. Can I have that extra dimension in the window? -- lecture 24. Is string theory the theory of our universe?
- Careers in technology
- Format: Streaming video
Location: strem
Call Number: TA158
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2007
Physical description: 1 streaming video (18 min.) viewed on demand
Description: Introduces students to real people who have found satisfaction in their careers, overcame challenges and uncertainties along the way. Spotlights Geoffrey Ballard who developed an environmentally clean, zero emission Ballard fuel cell and Bob Mason with Jeremy Allaire founded Brightcove a direct-to-Internet TV service
- Mechanical testing of materials
- Format: VHS
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: TA410 .M434 2002
Publication information: Materials Park, OH : ASM International, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Training video explaining the concept of mechanical testing, how it determines mechanical properties and suitability for engineering applications, and its use in research and development and quality control. Also covers how mechanical testing is performed, including standardized test procedures
- Energy crossroads
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: TD195.E49 E647 2007
Publication information: [Denver, Colo.] : Tiroir A Films, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Discusses current energy consumption patterns and their damaging effects on our environment, the global economy, and the geopolitical balance in the world today
- Thirsty planet.
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: TD365 .W374 2004
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2004
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: When demand outpaces supply, water becomes a commodity to be traded on the global market. But who owns water and how can a price be set on water? In this program the pros and cons of privatization are assessed in a number of water management situations around the world: Aguas Argentinas in Buenos Aires the Bechtel Corporation in Cochabamba, Bolivia Thames Water Company in Jakarta and a public/private test partnership in Albania
- After the storm
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: GB980 .A384 2006
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water [Atlanta, Ga.] : Weather Channel, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (22 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: All across America people live, work, and play in watersheds, without knowing it. As this video shows, protecting the nation's water resources will take the awareness and effort of individual citizens. Three case studies (New York City, the Santa Monica Bay in California, and the Louisiana Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico) focus on the interconnections between water supply, water quality and the economic vitality and quality of life in our communities
- Ocean odyssey
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: GC65 .O343 2006
Publication information: Burbank, CA : Distibuted by Warner Home Video, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Blending state-of-the-art digital graphics with real footage, Ocean Odyssey is a breathtaking underwater adventure that fully immerses you in the beauty and dangers of the deep
- Understanding the universe, an introduction to astronomy
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QB43.3 .F55 2007
Publication information: Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., 2007
Physical description: 16 videodiscs : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 8 course guides
Description: Lectures designed to provide a non-technical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole
Contents: Pt. 1. Disc 1. A grand tour of the cosmos The rainbow connection Sunrise, sunset Bright objects in the night sky Fainter phenomena in the night sky Our sky through binoculars and telescopes -- Disc 2. The celestial sphere The reason for the seasons Lunar phases and eerie lunar eclipses Glorious total solar eclipses More eclipse tales Early studies of the solar system;Pt. 2. Disc 3. The geocentric universe Galileo and the Copernican revolution Refinements to the heliocentric model On the shoulders of giants Surveying space and time Scale models of the universe -- Disc 4. Light: the supreme informant The wave-particle duality of light The colors of stars The fingerprints of atoms Modern telescopes A better set of eyes;Pt. 3. Disc 5. Our sun, the nearest star The Earth, third rock from the sun Our moon, Earth's nearest neighbor Mercury and Venus Of Mars and martians Jupiter and its amazing moons -- Disc 6. Magnificent Saturn Uranus and Neptune, the small giants Pluto and its cousins Asteroids and dwarf planets Comets: gorgeous pimordial snowballs Catastrophic collisons;Pt. 4. Disc 7. The formation of planetary systems The quest for other planetary systems Extra-solar planets galore Life beyond the Earth The search for extraterrestrials Special relativity and interstellar travel -- Disc 8. Stars: distant suns The intrinsic brightnesses of stars The diverse sizes of stars Binary stars and stellar masses Star clusters, ages, and remote distances How stars shine: nature's nuclear reactors;Pt. 5. Disc 9. Solar neutrinos: probes of the sun's core Brown dwarfs and free-floating planets Our sun's briliant future White dwarfs and nova eruptions Exploding stars: celestial fireworks White dwarf supernovae: stealing to explode -- Disc 10. Core-collapse supernovae: gravity wins The brightest supernova in nearly 400 years The corpses of massive stars Einstein's general theory of relativitiy Warping of space and time Black holes: abandon hope, ye who enter;Pt. 6. Disc 11. The quest for black holes Imagining the journey to a black hole Wormholes: gateways to other universes? Quantum physics and black-hole evaporation Enigmatic gamma-ray bursts Birth cries of black holes -- Disc 12. Our home: the Milky Way Galaxy Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy Other galaxies: Island universes The dark side of matter Cosmology: the really big picture Expansion of the universe and the big bang;Pt. 7. Disc 13. Searching for distant galaxies The evolution of galaxies Active galaxies and quasars Cosmic powerhouses of the distant past Supermassive black holes Feeding the monster -- Disc 14. The paradox of the dark night sky The age of the universe When geometry is destiny The mass density of the universe Einstein's biggest blunder? The afterglow of the big bang;Pt. 8. Disc 15. Ripples in the cosmic background radiation The stuff of the cosmos Dark energy: quantum fluctuations? Dark energy: quintessence? Grand unification & theories of everything Searching for hidden dimensions -- Disc 16. The shape, size, and fate of the universe In the beginning The inflationary universe The ultimate free lunch? A universe of universes Reflections on life and the cosmos
- Siberian apocalypse
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QB756.T8 S534 2006
Publication information: New York : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Examines the Tunguska Event when on June 30, 1908, the Siberian wilderness shook with a colossal mid-air explosion. With as much as 20 megatons of force it leveled 1000 square miles of forest
- Dark matter, dark energy: the dark side of the universe
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QB791.3 .D37 2007
Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2007
Physical description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.)
Description: Dr. Carroll explains the subject of dark matter and dark energy in 24 lectures. He explains why scientists believe we live in a smooth, expanding universe that originated in a hot, dense state called the Big Bang. He describes the features of the infant universe that led to the large-scale structure we observe today. He takes you through the standard model of particle physics and shows how it provides the framework for understanding the interaction of all matter and radiation. And, he helps you understand why dark matter and dark energy are logical consequences of a wide range of scientific theories and observations and how together they complete a grand picture of the universe that has emerged over the last century
Contents: Pt. 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. Fundamental building blocks Lecture 2. The smooth, expanding universe Lecture 3. Space, time and gravity Lecture 4. Cosmology in Einstein's universe Lecture 5. Galaxies and clusters Lecture 6. Gravitational lensing -- Disc 2. Lecture 7. Atoms and particles Lecture 8. The standard model of particle physics Lecture 9. Relic particles from the Big Bang Lecture 10. Primordial nucleosynthesis Lecture 11. The cosmis microwave background Lecture 12. Dark stars and black holes -- Pt. 2. Disc 3. Lecture 13. WIMPs and supersymmetry Lecture 14. The accelerating universe Lecture 15. The geometry of space Lecture 16. Smooth tension and acceleration Lecture 17. Vacuum energy Lecture 18. Quintessence -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. Was Einstein right? Lecture 20. Inflation. Lecture 21. Strings and extra dimensions Lecture 22. Beyond the observable universe Lecture 23. Future experiments Lecture 24. The past and future of the dark side
- Monster of the Milky Way
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QB843.B55 M667 2007
Publication information: [South Burlington, Vt.?] : WGBH Boston Video, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (54 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Astronomers and astrophysicists discuss a supermassive black hole that has been discovered in the Milky Way galaxy
Contents: DVD-ROM features: Teaching materials (PDF) -- A link to the Nova Web site
- Cosmos
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QB981 .C85 2000
Publication information: Studio City, CA : Cosmos Studios, c2000
Physical description: 7 videodiscs (120 min. each) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Carl Sagan discusses the cosmic relationship between man and the universe
Contents: Disc 1. I. The shores of the cosmic ocean -- Disc 2. II. One voice in the cosmic fugue III. The harmony of the worlds -- Disc 3. IV. Heaven and hell V. Blues for a red planet -- Disc 4. VI. Travellers' tales VII. The backbone of night -- Disc 5. VIII. Travels in space and time IX. The lives of the stars -- Disc 6. X. The edge of forever XI. The persistence of memory -- Disc 7. XII. Encyclopaedia galactica XIII. Who speaks for Earth?
- Earth's changing climate
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC981.8.C5 W657 2007
Publication information: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2007
Physical description: 2 videodiscs : sd., col 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook
Description: 12 lectures (30 min. each) delivered by Professor Richard Wolfson, Middlebury College, Vermont
Contents: Disc 1. Is the earth changing? Butterflies, glaciers, and hurricanes Ice ages and beyond In the greenhouse A tale of 3 plants Global recycling -- Disc 2. The human factor Computing the future Impacts of climate change Energy and climate Energy--Resources and alternatives Sustainable futures?
- The greenhouse effect: climate change and global warming
- Format: DVD
Location: Circulation Desk
Call Number: QC981.8.G56 G7444 2007
Publication information: [Bellingham, WA] : Distribution Access c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (12 leaves 28 cm.)
Description: Explains the science of greenhouse effect and the evidence that we are causing climate change. The DVD contains an advanced version for senior students, with in-depth analysis of greenhouse gases and their effects. Extra segments include ice core research in Antarctica, how warming threatens coral reefs, and how carbon capture and storage work
Contents: Basic version (suitable for all levels) (25 min.) -- Advanced version (more analysis of greeenhouse gases) (26 min.) -- Extras
- Revolution or submersion: the politics of global warming
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC981.8.G56 T653 2007
Publication information: Woods Hole, MA : Z Video Productions, 2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Brian Tokar discusses the consequences of global warming, the environmental destruction inherent in our political-economic system, and the revolutionary movement required to build an alternative
- What's up with the weather?
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC981.8.G56 W453 2007
Publication information: [South Burlington, Vt.?] : WGBH Boston Video, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Film explores the question of whether or not the chnages in the weather are man-made. Topic focuses on the concepts of global warming and the greenhouse effect
Contents: What does science know? -- Forensic climatology -- How the greenhouse effect works -- The role of CO2 -- Forecasting a century of change -- America's relationship with energy -- The developing world and the Kyoto Protocol -- Energy alternatives -- The politics of Global warming;DVD-ROM features: Teaching materials (PDF) -- A link to the What's up with the weather? Web site, pbs.org/wgbh/warming
- Global warming: the melting of Svalbard
- Format: DVD
Location: General
Call Number: QC994.8 .G563 2007
Publication information: Falls Church, VA : Landmark Media, [2007]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (28 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: A camera man journeys the harsh coasts of Svalbard to experience first hand the consequences of global warming on the Arctic environment. Shows polar bears and other animals who are feeling the effects of climate change
Contents: Hungry polar bears -- Birdlife on Svebard -- Wildlife on shore -- The melting arctic
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