On the Various Forces of Nature


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(4 stars; 11 reviews)

A non-mathematical survey of the fundamental forces of nature and some relationships among them. This is a series of lectures aimed at young people. He starts off with the most fundamental and familiar forces of all: Gravity and Heat. Then by a progression of examples and experiments goes on to describe atomic/molecular adhesion in solids, liquids and gases, which he groups under the rubric of "Chemical Affinity". And, no collection of Faraday's theories could omit his discoveries in Electricity and Magnetism. (Summary by William A Jones) (3 hr 47 min)

Chapitres

00 Preface 4:47 Lu par William Allan Jones
01 Lecture 1 Part 1 The Force of Gravitation 16:53 Lu par William Allan Jones
02 Lecture 1 Part 2 The Force of Gravitation 21:47 Lu par William Allan Jones
03 Lecture 2 Part 1 Gravitation Cohesion 20:20 Lu par sanjayparikh
04 Lecture 2 Part 2 Gravitation Cohesion 16:47 Lu par sanjayparikh
05 Lecture 3 Part 1 Cohesion, Chemical Affinity 20:18 Lu par sanjayparikh
06 Lecture 3 Part 2 Cohesion, Chemical Affinity 15:50 Lu par sanjayparikh
07 Lecture 4 Chemical Affinity, Heat 27:46 Lu par Michele Fry
08 Lecture 5 Magnetism, Electricity 23:57 Lu par Owlivia
09 Lecture 6 Correlation of the Physical Forces 26:50 Lu par Owlivia
10 Lighthouse Illumination, the Electric Light 22:20 Lu par Marvin
11 Lecture Notes 10:00 Lu par realisticspeakers

Critiques

amazing reading


(5 stars)

Loved these lectures about the generalized physical forces in nature. I loved imagining being in the lecture with great descriptions of the experiments. if only I had the reference illustrations for a better understanding, but everything was very well explained as such for a younger audience.