The Theory of Everything. Episode 16, Newton's Gravity Unifies Earth and Sky.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 6679447 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2017Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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Don Lincoln
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017.
Gravity is by far the weakest of the fundamental forces. Learn how Newton achieved the first major unification in physics by showing that terrestrial and celestial gravity are the same. He also tacitly equated inertial mass and gravitational mass, leading to the startling theory 250 years later.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English