| Description |
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Discovering physics |
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Discovering physics.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Credits |
Script, Joy Manners, John Bolton ; producer, Michael Peet. |
| Cast |
Ron Moody, Geoffrey Bayldon, Liam Calgie. |
| Event |
Originally produced for television broadcast by BBC/The Open University for series Discovering physics, in 1993. |
| Summary |
"Aristotle was a wise philosopher, but his use of intuitive reasoning misled him in examining the motion of objects. In this lively program, simple experiments and dramatic dialogues with Aristotle, Galileo, and Sir Isaac Newton illustrate how our understanding of motion and gravity has evolved. Students can see how Galileo separated motion into its horizontal and vertical components and how Newton, with his Law Of Universal Gravitation, demonstrated that orbits are elliptical and why the Moon does not fall to earth, but is falling"--Container. |
| Audience |
High school, college level. |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
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Weight (Physics)
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Science -- History.
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| Added Author |
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
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| Note |
Subtitle on videodisc label: Understanding motion |
| Added Title |
Newton's revolution : understanding motion |
| Music No. |
FFH 11748 Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
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