Superstring theory [videorecording(DVD)] : the DNA of reality / The Teaching Company.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: PD1284-01--PD1284-02 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (DVD)Publication details: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2006.Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (19 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1598031619 (set) :
  • 9781598031614 (set)
Other title:
  • DNA of reality
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QC794.6.S85 S874 2006
Contents:
Part 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. 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 ; Lecture 5. Honey, I shrunk to the quantum world, part II ; Lecture 6. 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. Invasion of the anti-commuting 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. 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. 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?
Lectures by Professor S. James Gates, Jr., University of Maryland at College Park.Summary: Presents 24 lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by professor and physicist S. James Gates, Jr., covering superstring theory, which attempts to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory.
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Lectures by Professor S. James Gates, Jr., University of Maryland at College Park.

Bibliographic references included in course guidebook.

Presents 24 lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by professor and physicist S. James Gates, Jr., covering superstring theory, which attempts to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory.

Part 1. Disc 1. Lecture 1. 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 ; Lecture 5. Honey, I shrunk to the quantum world, part II ; Lecture 6. 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. Invasion of the anti-commuting 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. 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. 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?

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