University of Maryland

Physics Lecture-Demonstration Facility

AUDIO-VISUAL LIST

Codes: Movie (M), Film Loop (L), Video Tape (VT), Digital Video Disc (DVD), Video Disc (VD)
Locations for Film Loops available in Videocassette format indicated in (..) after entry

A. Introductory Materials

VD POWERS OF TEN (COL,10)
M SINGLE CONCEPT FILMS IN PHYSICS I (SILENT) (COL,23)
M SINGLE CONCEPT FILMS IN PHYSICS II (SILENT) (COL,23)
VT FLYING CIRCUS OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENA (COL,60)
VT LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION SHOW AT 1990 SUMMER AAPT MEETING (COL,58)
VT THE VIDEO ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS - SAMPLE TAPE (COL,15)
VD THE VIDEO ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS (25 30-MINUTE DISCS)
VT MECANICA Y ONDAS (UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR) (COL,120)
VT WONDERS OF PHYSICS - FIFTEENTH SEASON CELEBRATION (COL,59)
VT OUR FAVORITE PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS (COL,200, 4 TAPES)
M KITCHEN PHYSICS (B&W,22)
M HOUSE OF SCIENCE (COL,15)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
M INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSOR FEYNMAN BY DALE R. CORSON (B&W,5)
VT TAKE THE WORLD FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW (COL,60)
VT DO SCIENTISTS CHEAT? (NOVA) (COL,59)
M THE WORLD OF ENRICO FERMI (B&W,47)
M ALBERT EINSTEIN, THE EDUCATION OF A GENIUS (COL,44)
VT EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE, PART I (COL,60)
VT EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE, PART II (COL,60)
M SEA SURFACE METEOROLOGY (B&W,24)
M CAI AT FSU (SILENT) (B&W,5)
M SCIENCE ODYSSEY (COL, 120)
VT KILLERS IN THE SKY - HOW TO STAY SAFE (COL,30)

MACHINE SHOP TECHNIQUES
M SOLDER GLASS TECHNIQUES (COL,20)
--SET OF LOOPS--AAPT SHOP FILMS--
L THE DRILL PRESS - SMALL HOLE
L THE DRILL PRESS - LARGE HOLE, CLAMPING
L THE LATHE - FACING AND CHUCKING
L THE LATHE - OUTSIDE DIAMETER
L THE LATHE - TAPERING, DRILLING
L THE LATHE - BORING, CUTTING OFF
L THE MILLING MACHINE - TOOLS PART I
L THE MILLING MACHINE - TOOLS PART II
L THE MILLING MACHINE - SQUARING PART I
L THE MILLING MACHINE - SQUARING PART II
L THE MILLING MACHINE - SLOT, GROOVE
L THE MILLING MACHINE - HOLE, V-GROOVE

A1. Basic Materials and Measurement

M MEASUREMENT (B&W,21)
M DISCOVER WHY METRICS (C0L,14)
M TIME IS (COL,30)

A2. Mathematics

VT CHAOS AND FRACTALS IN SIMPLE PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (COL,)
VT THE MECHANICAL UNIVERSE - INTEGRATION (COL,30)
VT NOTHING BUT ZOOMS (COL,32)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT THE RELATION OF MATHEMATICS TO PHYSICS
M SYMMETRY (COL,11)
M COMPLEX FUNCTION GRAPHS (B&W,7)
M SLIDE RULE 1 - C AND D SCALES (B&W,22)
M SLIDE RULE 2 - PROPORTION, PERCENT, SQUARE, SQUARE ROOT (B&W,19)
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER GENERATED CALCULUS--
L TAYLOR SERIES I
L TAYLOR SERIES II
L MAXIMA AND MINIMA
L POINTS OF INFLECTION
L THE DERIVATIVE
L THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS
L THE INTEGRAL
L NEWTON'S METHOD
L THE SLIDE RULE: READING AND HANDLING

B. Statics

B1. Center of Mass Statics

L THE CENTER OF MASS

B2. Equilibrium of Forces and Torques

B3. Simple Machines

B4. Elasticity

C. Kinematics and Dynamics

DVDFRAMES OF REFERENCE
VD FRAMES OF REFERENCE (B&W,28)
VT FRAMES OF REFERENCE - EXCERPT - FALLING BALL (B&W,7)
VT FRAMES OF REFERENCE - EXCERPT - PUCK (B&W,5)

C1. Center of Mass Motion

M MOVING WITH THE CENTER OF MASS (B&W,26)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L CENTER-OF-MASS PENDULUM
L CENTER-OF-MASS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L CONSERVATION OF LINEAR/ANGULAR MOMENTUM (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L SCATTERING OF A CLUSTER OF OBJECTS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L EXPLOSION OF A CLUSTER OF OBJECTS

C2. Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions

M STRAIGHT LINE KINEMATICS (B&W,34)
L VECTOR ADDITION - VELOCITY OF A BOAT (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L THE VELOCITY VECTOR
L THE ACCELERATION VECTOR
L CONSTANT VELOCITY AND UNIFORM ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L INSTANTANEOUS SPEED
L UNIFORM AND NON-UNIFORM ACCELERATION
L VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION IN FREE FALL
L POSITION FROM VELOCITY PART I
L POSITION FROM VELOCITY PART II
L VELOCITY FROM POSITION
L ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY I (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY II (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ANALYSIS OF A HURDLE I (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ANALYSIS OF A HURDLE II (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L ONE DIMENSIONAL MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L DISTANCE, TIME, AND SPEED (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L ONE DIMENSIONAL ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L TRAJECTORIES (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L HOW AN AIR TRACK WORKS
--SET OF LOOPS--GALILEAN RELATIVITY
L A MATTER OF RELATIVE MOTION (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L GALILEAN RELATIVITY BALL DROPPED FROM MAST OF SHIP (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L GALILEAN RELATIVITY II OBJECT DROPPED FROM AIRCRAFT (PSFC 1 Tape 1)
L GALILEAN RELATIVITY III PROJECTILE FIRED VERTICALLY (PSFC 1 Tape 1)

C3. First Law of Motion

VT MECHANICAL UNIVERSE - NEWTON'S LAWS (COL,30)
VT KARATE DEMONSTRATION (B&W,40)
M FORCES (B&W,23)
M INERTIA (B&W,36)
M INERTIAL MASS (B&W,19)
L INERTIAL FORCES TRANSLATIONAL ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1, Miller Tape 1)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L NEWTON'S FIRST AND SECOND LAWS (PSFC 2 Tape 1)

C4. Second Law of Motion

VT CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS ALIVE - NEWTON'S SECOND LAW

C5. Third Law of Motion

VT ACTION AND REACTION (COL,15)
L RECOIL (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L NEWTON'S THIRD LAW (PSFC 2 Tape 1)

C6. Friction

C7. Collisions

VD PHYSICS AND AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS (COL,24)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - FORCES AND COLLISIONS
M COLLISIONS (SILENT) (COL,15)
L FINDING THE SPEED OF A RIFLE BULLET I (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L FINDING THE SPEED OF A RIFLE BULLET II (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L COLLIDING FREIGHT CARS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L COLLIDING FREIGHT CARS (AAPT)
L INELASTIC COLLISIONS - A MODEL
--SET OF LOOPS--COLLISIONS OF STEEL BALLS--
L ONE-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS I (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L ONE-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS II (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS I (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS II (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L SCATTERING OF A CLUSTER OF OBJECTS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L INELASTIC ONE-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L INELASTIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLLISIONS (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L COLLISIONS IN TWO DIMENSIONS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L COLLISIONS WITH AN UNKNOWN OBJECT (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK--
L CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM ELASTIC COLLISIONS
L CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM INELASTIC COLLISIONS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)

C8. Mechanical Energy and Power

L CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - POLE VAULT (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
--SET OF LOOPS--DROPPED WEIGHTS POUNDING NAILS
L METHOD OF MEASURING ENERGY - NAILS DRIVEN INTO WOOD (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L KINETIC ENERGY
--SET OF LOOPS--AIR TRACK
L CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

D. ROTATIONAL MECHANICS

M KINETIC KARNIVAL (COL,)

D1. Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics

M UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION (B&W,8)
L CIRCULAR MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L DYNAMICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 1)
L VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION IN CIRCULAR MOTION
L DYNAMICS OF A BILLIARD BALL (PSFC 1 Tape 4)
L ROTATING REFERENCE FRAMES
L INERTIAL FORCES CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION (PSFC 2 Tape 1, Miller Tape 1)

D2. Moment of Inertia

D3. Angular Momentum

VT ANGULAR MOMENTUM (B&W,27)
VT DIVERS IN ACROBATIC DIVES (B&W,8)
VT PHYSICS AND THE GYMNAST - ROTATION (COL,9)
M CONSERVATION LAWS IN ZERO G (COL,18)
L CONSERVATION OF LINEAR AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM
L SKYLAB - CONSERVATION OF ASTRONAUT ANGULAR MOMENTUM

D4. Gyroscopes

L SKYLAB - CHARACTERISTICS OF A GYROSCOPE

D5. Rotational Esoterica

L A SIMULATED FOUCAULT PENDULUM
L CORIOLIS ACCELERATION
L THE BATHTUB VORTEX

E. Gravitation and Astronomy

E1. Gravitation and Orbits

M UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION (B&W,31)
VT FORCES - EXERPT - CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT (B&W,6)
M FORCE, MASS, AND MOTION (B&W,7)
M NEWTON'S EQUAL AREAS (COL,12)
M PLANETS IN ORBIT - THE LAWS OF KEPLER (B&W,10)
VT TOYS IN SPACE
VT SKYLAB FILMS (COL,60)
VT THE GRAVITATIONAL INVERSE SQUARE LAW - A NEW TEST (COL,23)
VT GRAVITY WAVES (COL,20)
VT CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS ALIVE - GRAVITY
VT GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION AND COLLIDING BLACK HOLES (B&W,20)
M COLLIDING BLACK HOLES (SILENT) (COL,20)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT THE LAW OF GRAVITATION AN EXAMPLE OF A PHYSICAL LAW
L MEASUREMENT OF G THE CAVENDISH EXPERIMENT (PSFC 2 Tape 1, Miller Tape 1)
L GALILEO'S EXPERIMENT - ON THE MOON AND ON THE EARTH
L ACCELERATION DUE TO LUNAR GRAVITY
L PHYSICS DURING WEIGHTLESSNESS
L SKYLAB - WEIGHT(LESS) LIFTING IN ORBIT
L SKYLAB - DARTS AND PAPER AIRPLANES
L PUTTING A SPACECRAFT INTO A DESIRED ORBIT
L TRAJECTORY OF A MOON PROBE
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED MECHANICS--
L NEWTON'S LAW OF MOTION
L FIXED SYSTEMS OF ORBITING BODIES
L MOVING SYSTEM OF ORBITING BODIES
L ORBITING BODIES IN VARIOUS FORCE FIELDS PART I
L ORBITING BODIES IN VARIOUS FORCE FIELDS PART II
--SET OF LOOPS--MOTION IN THE HEAVENS
L RETROGRADE MOTION - GEOCENTRIC MODEL (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L RETROGRADE MOTION - HELIOCENTRIC MODEL (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L JUPITER SATELLITE ORBIT (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L CENTRAL FORCES - ITERATED BLOWS
L KEPLER'S LAWS (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L UNUSUAL ORBITS

E2. Astronomy

M THREE DEGREES (COL,26)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 1 - SPACE SHUTTLE (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 2 - APOLLO 17 (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 3 - MARS AND BEYOND (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 4 - REPAIR OF SOLAR MAX (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 5 - GREETINGS FROM EARTH (COL,)
VD SPACE ARCHIVE 6 - ENCOUNTERS
VD EARTH SCIENCE (COL,)
M LICK OBSERVATORY (COL,10)
M AIRBORNE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION 1972 (COL,12)
VT AIRBORNE ASTRONOMY: INTO THE NEXT CENTURY "SOPHIA" (COL,14)
VT ADVANCED X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS FACILITY (COL,14)
VT VIEWING THE VIOLENT UNIVERSE - THE COMPTON GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY (COL,7)
--SET OF LOOPS--NASA--
L VIEWS OF EARTH WHILE RECEDING IN SPACE
L GEOGRAPHY OF EARTH AS SEEN FROM ORBIT
L LUBBOCK TORNADO, 11 MAY 1970
L HURRICANE ABBEY, 5-6 JUNE 1968
L GLOBAL CLOUD MOVEMENTS FROM WEATHER SATELLITES
L THE SUN - PROMINENCES AND FLARES
L EVOLVING VIEWS OF MARS - NAKED EYE TO MARINER 7

F. Fluid Mechanics

F1. Pressure in Static Fluids

F2. Buoyancy

F3. Surface Tension

M BURSTING SOAP FILM AND SOAP BUBBLE (SILENT) (B&W,2)
L THE SURFACE OF WATER
L EXAMPLES OF SURFACE TENSION
L DROPS AND SPLASHES (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L BREAKUP OF LIQUID INTO DROPS
L SKYLAB - WATER DROPS AND WATER COLUMNS

F4. Fluid in Motion

M VORTICITY - PART 1 (B&W,23)
M VORTICITY - PART 2 (B&W,22)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - FLUID FLOW AND FRICTION (COL,29)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - VISCOSITY (COL,28)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - WAVES IN FLUIDS (B&W,33)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - EULERIAN AND LAGRANGIAN ... (B&W,27)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - FLOW INSTABILITIES (B&W,27)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - TURBULENCE (B&W,29)
VT FLUID MECHANICS - FLUID DYNAMICS OF DRAG (B&W, )
L FLOW PATTERNS IN VENTURIS, NOZZLES, AND ORIFICES
L COMPRESSIBLE FLOW THROUGH CONVERGENT-DIVERGENT NOZZLES
L SECONDARY FLOW IN A TEACUP
L FLATTENING AND STEEPENING LARGE AMPLITUDE GRAVITY WAVES

F5. Pressure in Moving Fluids

L GENERATION OF CIRCULATION AND LIFT FOR AN AIRFOIL
L LAMINAR FLOW VERSUS CONVENTIONAL AIRFOILS
L VELOCITIES NEAR AN AIRFOIL
L EXAMPLES OF LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS
L THE MAGNUS EFFECT (AAPT)
L THE MAGNUS EFFECT

G. Vibrations and Mechanical Waves

G1. Simple Harmonic Motion

M SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (B&W,10)
M SAND PENDULUM - POINT SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
M SAND PENDULUM - SADDLE SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
M SAND PENDULUM - SHORT SADDLE SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
M SAND PENDULUM - MULTIPLE SADDLE SUSPENSION (SILENT) (B&W,4)
L SAND PENDULUM III - DRAWINGS ON A TRAVELLING TABLE (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L SAND PENDULUM IV - SLOWING DOWN (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L SAND PENDULUM V - POURING SAND IN SODA STRAWS (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
M RING OF COUPLED PENDULA - NORMAL MODES (SILENT) (COL,4)
M RING OF COUPLED PENDULA - MIXED NORMAL MODES (SILENT) (COL,4)
M HARMONIC PHASORS (SILENT) (B&W,6)
M FORCED DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS (SILENT) (B&W,4)
L SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L VELOCITY IN CIRCULAR AND SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
L VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION IN SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
L DYNAMICS OF PENDULUMS
L SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION THE STRINGLESS PENDULUM (PSFC 2 Tape 2)
L DRIVEN HARMONIC OSCILLATOR - PENDULUM IN AN OSCILLATING REFERENCE FRAME
L LISSAJOUS FIGURES AND FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT
L LISSAJOUS FIGURES AND PHASE MEASUREMENT
L OSCILLOSCOPE ART

G2. Resonance and Coupled Oscillations

VD PUZZLE OF THE TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (COL,27)
VT PUZZLE OF THE TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (COL,7.5)
L TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE (Miller Tape 1,2, or 3)
L WILBERFORCE PENDULUM (Miller Tape 1)
--SET OF LOOPS--COUPLED OSCILLATORS--
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS EQUAL MASSES (Miller Tape 1)
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS UNEQUAL MASSES (Miller Tape 1)
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS ENERGY TRANSFER
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS OTHER OSCILLATORS
L COUPLED OSCILLATORS NORMAL MODES

G3. Mechanical Waves - One-Dimensional

M PROGRESSIVE WAVES - TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL (B&W,8)
M STATIONARY TRANSVERSE WAVES (B&W,9)
M STATIONARY LONGITUDINAL WAVES (B&W,9)
M WAVES IN A STRING (B&W,3)
VT SIMILARITIES IN WAVE BEHAVIOR (B&W,17)
L DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A SUSPENSION BRIDGE
L STANDING WAVES ON A STRING
L VIBRATIONS OF A WIRE (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L VIBRATIONS OF A RUBBER HOSE
--SET OF LOOPS--SLINKY SPRING WAVES--
L GENERATING WAVES
L SINGLE PULSES IN A SPRING
L SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES IN A SPRING
L REFLECTION OF WAVES IN A SPRING - FREE END AND FIXED END
L TRANSVERSE STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING - WAVE GROUPS
L TRANSVERSE STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING - CONTINUOUS WAVE TRAINS
L LONGITUDINAL STANDING WAVES IN A SPRING

G4. Mechanical Waves - Two-Dimensional

M RIPPLE TANK - REFLECTION AND REFRACTION (B&W,17)
M RIPPLE TANK - INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION (B&W,19)
M RIPPLE TANK - BRAGG REFLECTION, BARRIER PENETRATION, DOPPLER EFFECT (B&W,22)
M RIPPLE TANK SILENT DEMONSTRATIONS (B&W,26)
L NON-RECURRENT WAVEFRONTS (Miller Tape 2)
L GROUP VELOCITY
L SOAP FILM OSCILLATIONS
L WATER WAVES
L ORIGIN OF WATER WAVES
L VIBRATIONS OF A METAL PLATE
L VIBRATIONS OF A DRUM (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L REFRACTION
L REFLECTION AT PLANE AND CURVED SURFACES
L SOURCES MOVING AT SPEEDS BELOW AND ABOVE WAVE SPEED
--SET OF LOOPS--STANDING WAVES--
L PULSES AND WAVES
L TRANSVERSE WAVE APPARATUS
L STANDING WAVES IN A BANDSAW
L RIPPLE TANK AND SOAP FILMS - STANDING WAVES
L CHLADNI PLATES - STANDING WAVE PATTERNS
L VIBRATING SOAP BUBBLES
--SET OF LOOPS--RIPPLE TANK WAVE PHENOMENA
L STRAIGHT WAVE REFLECTION FROM STRAIGHT BARRIERS
L CIRCULAR WAVE REFLECTION FROM VARIOUS BARRIERS
L REFLECTION OF WAVES FROM CONCAVE BARRIERS
L REFRACTION OF WAVES
L BARRIER PENETRATION BY WAVES
L BRAGG REFLECTION OF WAVES
L DOPPLER EFFECT
L SUPERPOSITION OF PULSES (PSFC 1 Tape 3)
L INTERFERENCE OF WAVES
L EFFECT OF PHASE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOURCES
L SINGLE SLIT DIFFRACTION
L MULTIPLE SLIT DIFFRACTION
L DIFFRACTION AND SCATTERING AROUND OBSTACLES

H. Sound

VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 1 (COL,60)
VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 2 (COL,60)
VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 3 (COL,60)
VT DEMONSTRATIONS IN ACOUSTICS - TAPE 4 (COL,60)
VT PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUND AND WAVES - PART I (COL,28)
VT PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUND AND WAVES - PART II (COL,28)
VT PHYSICS DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUND AND WAVES - PART III (COL,33)
VT THE WONDERS OF PHYSICS - PHYSICS OF SOUND (COL,29)

H1. Nature of Sound

H2. Wave Properties of Sound

VT NOISE CANCELLATION TECHNOLOGIES (COL,30)
M THE DOPPLER EFFECT (B&W,7)

H3. Standing Sound Waves

L STANDING SOUND WAVES
L STANDING WAVES IN A GAS

H4. Music

VT WHAT IS MUSIC? (COL,55)
VT THE CLARINET, THE WASHTUB, THE MUSICAL NAILS: HOW MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WORK (COL,59)
VT THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEY (B&W,68)
VT ARP SYNTHESIZER LECTURE - RICK PARENT (B&W,60)
L FOURIER SERIES

H5. The Ear

VT A PAIR OF PARADOXES (B&W,3)

H6. The Voice

I. Thermodynamics

I1. Thermal Properites of Matter

I2. Transfer of Heat

VT LESLIE'S CUBE (B&W,4)
VT TYNDALL'S APPARATUS (B&W,3)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - LEIDENFROST EFFECT (COL,19)
VT KINETIC KARNIVAL - THE SCIENCE OF COOKING (COL,30)
L WHY AIR CIRCULATES
L TEMPERATURE WAVES (Miller Tape 2)
L CONVECTION IN LIQUIDS

I3. Gases

L BOYLE'S LAW (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L BOYLED MARSHMALLOWS
L THERMAL EXPANSION OF GASES
L THE MOUSE AND THE CANDLE (PSFC 2 Tape 3)

I4. Changes of State

L CRITICAL TEMPERATURE( Miller Tape 3)
VT WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE AND SOMETIMES ICE AND STEAM (COL,57)

I5. Laws of Thermodynamics

VT CARNOT CYCLE AND KELVIN SCALE (B&W,8)
M THE DIESEL ENGINE (B&W,8)
M GASOLINE ENGINE - THE OTTO CYCLE (B&W,6)
L FORMATION OF A CLOUD

I6. Kinetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics

M MOLECULAR MOTIONS (COL,13)
M IRREVERSIBILITY AND FLUCTUATIONS (SILENT) (B&W,5)
M CHILDREN AT PLAY (SILENT) (COL,4)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
M DISINNCTION OF PAST AND FUTURE (B&W,46)
L THE MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION OF VELOCITIES
L ENTROPY AND TIME REVERSAL
L REVERSIBILITY OF TIME
--SET OF LOOPS--KINETIC THEORY--
L MAXWELLIAN SPEED DISTRIBUTION (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L RANDOM WALK AND BROWNIAN MOTION (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L EQUIPARTITION OF ENERGY (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L GRAVITATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
L DIFFUSION (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L GAS DIFFUSION RATES (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
L PROPERTIES OF GASES (PSFC 2 Tape 3)
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED KINETIC THEORY--
L PRESSURE, VOLUME, AND BOYLE'S LAW
L TEMPERATURE, ENERGY, AND THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
L HEATING, COOLING, AND CHARLES' LAW
L AVOGADRO'S PRINCIPLE
L IDEAL GAS LAW
L DALTON'S LAW
L GRAVITATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
L MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION
L BROWNIAN MOTION AND RANDOM WALK
L GRAHAM'S LAW
L DEVIATIONS FROM IDEAL GAS

I7. Solid State and Low Temperature Physics

M CRYSTALS (B&W,29)
VT THE UNUSUAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID HELIUM (COL,16)
VT LIQUID HELIUM II THE SUPERFLUID (B&W,38)
M MINORITY CARRIERS IN SEMICONDUCTORS (B&W,26)
M GAP ENERGY AND RECOMBINATION LIGHT (B&W,37)
VT AN INTRODUCTION TO SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (B&W,51)
VT RACE FOR THE SUPERCONDUCTOR (COL,58)
VT HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY SYMPOSIUM (COL,4HRS, 4 TAPES)
L BUBBLE MODEL OF A CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND BOUNDARIES
L BUBBLE MODEL OF A CRYSTAL DEFORMATIONS AND DISLOCATIONS
L THE STRUCTURE OF AN IONIC CRYSTAL

J. Electrostatics and Magnetostatics

J1. Electrostatic Charge and Force

M COULOMB'S LAW (B&W,30)
M THE ELECTROSCOPE (B&W,4)
M VOLTA AND ELECTRICITY (COL,33)
L INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROSTATICS0
L INSULATORS AND CONDUCTORS
L COULOMB'S LAW
L ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J2. Electrostatic Devices and Applications

L A WORKING MODEL OF A VAN DE GRAAFF GENERATOR (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J3. Electric Fields and Potential

M ELECTRIC LINES OF FORCE (B&W,7)
L THE CHARGE ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CONDUCTOR
L EXPERIMENTS WITH THE FARADAY ICE PAIL (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J4. Capacitance and Polarization

L A WATER MODEL OF A CAPACITOR

J5. Magnetostatics

M MAGNETIC EFFECTS IN SPACE (COL,14)
L SKYLAB - THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD
--SET OF LOOPS--ELECTROMAGNETISM--
L THE MAGNETIC FIELD
L MONOPOLES AND DIPOLES
L THE FIELD FROM A STEADY CURRENT
L UNIFORM AND NON-UNIFORM FIELDS
L THE FIELD AS A VECTOR (PSFC 2 Tape 4)
L FIELD VS. CURRENT (PSFC 2 Tape 4)

J6. Electromagnets

J7. Magnetic Materials

L HYSTERESIS
L MAGNETIC DOMAINS AND MAGNETIC PROCESSES IN GD GARNET
L PARA- AND FERROMAGNETISM
L DIAMAGNETISM
L FERROMAGNETIC DOMAIN WALL MOTION (Miller Tape 3)
L PARAMAGNETISM OF LIQUID OXYGEN (Miller Tape 3)

K. Electromagnetic Principles

VT SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS - E&M (COL,60)

K1. Forces on Moving Charges

M FLUID MECHANICS - MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS (B&W,27)
L HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION (CATHODE RAYS)
L DEFLECTION OF AN ELECTRON BEAM
L ELECTROMAGNETIC DEFLECTION OF AN ELECTRON BEAM
L FIELD THE FORCE ON A CURRENT (PSFC 2 Tape 4)
L INDUCED JxB FORCES IN SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS
L AN MHD PUMP
L THE LORENTZ FORCE
L THE HALL EFFECT

K2. Electromagnetic Induction

L THE CONCEPT OF CHANGING FLUX
L FARADAY'S LAW OF INDUCTION
L LENZ LAW I
L LENZ LAW II
L LARGE INDUCTANCE - CURRENT BUILDUP

K3. Transformers

K4. Motors and Generators

K5. Electrical Properties of Matter

K6. Electric Circuits and Instruments

M INTRODUCTION TO THE CATHODE-RAY OSCILLOSCOPE (COL,11)
--SET OF LOOPS -- CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE
L ELECTRON GUN I - ELECTRON EMMISSION AND CONTROL BY BIAS
L ELECTRON GUN II - ELECTRON FOCUSING
L THE SWEEP CIRCUIT
L SOME ELEMENTARY THINGS AN OSCILLOSCOPE CAN DO
L FUNCTION OF THE AMPLIFIER IN THE OSCILLOSCOPE
L OSCILLOSCOPE CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTION
L BUILDING A SAWTOOTH GENERATOR - TESTING WITH OSCILLOSCOPE
L FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT I - TIME BASE
L FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT II - LISSAJOUS FIGURES
L PHASE AND THE OSCILLOSCOPE
L THE Z-AXIS IN THE OSCILLOSCOPE AND THE TV RECEIVER
L RUBBER MEMBRANE MODEL OF A CATHODE RAY TUBE
L GRAPHICS WITH AN OSCILLOSCOPE

K7. RLC Circuits

K8. Electromagnetics Waves

VT HOLES IN HEAVEN (COL,51)
M MEASUREMENT OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT (B&W,8)
VT PRESSURE OF LIGHT (B&W,23)
M WAVE VELOCITIES, DISPERSION AND THE W-B DIAGRAM (B&W,25)
VT EM FIELDS ... A RISK? (COL,54)
L STANDING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
L DIPOLE RADIATION
L RADIATING DIPOLE ANTENNA
L THE SPEED OF MICROWAVES FROM MEASURED WAVELENGTH AND FREQUENCY
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED ELECTROMAGNETISM--
L CONSTANT VELOCITY
L CHARGES THAT STOP
L CHARGES THAT START AND STOP
L OSCILLATING CHARGES

L1. Light Sources and Light Rays

L2. Plane Mirrors

VT DUCK SOUP MIRROR ROUTINE EXCERPT (B&W,3)

L3. Curved Mirrors

L4. Refraction

L REFLECTED LIGHT GLASS IN LIQUIDS
L TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION IN MICROWAVE OPTICS
L INDEX OF REFRACTION FOR MICROWAVES

L5. Total Internal Reflection

L TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION AND BARRIER PENETRATION

L6. Lenses

L7. Optical Instruments

M. Wave Optics

M1. Interference and Diffraction - Slits and Gratings

--SET OF LOOPS--DIFFRACTION--
L DIFFRACTION SINGLE SLIT (PSFC 2 Tape 4, Miller Tape 2)
L DIFFRACTION DOUBLE SLIT (PSFC 2 Tape 4, Miller Tape 2)
L RESOLVING POWER (Miller Tape 2)
--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L DIFFRACTION - MICROWAVES AND LIGHT
L INTERFERENCE I - YOUNG'S EXPERIMENT AND LLOYD'S MIRROR WITH MICROWAVES

M2. Diffraction - Circular

--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L FOCUSING BY DIFFRACTION I - WATER RIPPLES AND MICROWAVES
L FOCUSING BY DIFFRACTION II - WATER RIPPLES AND LIGHT
L SHADOW OF A HOLE

M3. Interferometers

L MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER
--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER (Miller Tape 2)

M4 Thin Film Interference

--SET OF LOOPS--EXPERIMENTS IN MICROWAVE OPTICS--
L INTERFERENCE II - STANDING WAVES AND THIN FILMS OF AIR
L INTERFERENCE III - THIN FILMS

M5. Interference and Diffraction Esoterica

M6. Holograms

VT INTRODUCTION TO HOLOGRAPHY (COL,17)

M7. Linear Polarization and Scattering

L POLARIZATION

M8. Optical Activity and Birefringence

M9. Circular Polarization

N. Spectra and Color

N1. Continuous Spectra

N2. Line Spectra

L ABSORPTION SPECTRA (Miller Tape 3)

N3. Color

O. Vision

O1. Image Production

VT THE BRAIN: VISION AND MOVEMENT (COL,60)

O2. Visual Latency

O3. Color Vision

VT COLORFUL NOTIONS (COL,50)
VT WHITER THAN WHITE, BLACKER THAN BLACK, AND GREENER THAN GREEN: THE PERCEPTION OF COLOR (COL,49)

O4. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

VT FEEDBACK PATTERNS WITH COLOR TV (COL,60)

P. MODERN PHYSICS

VT THE WONDERS OF PHYSICS - MODERN PHYSICS (COL,59)

P1. Relativity

M ULTIMATE SPEED, AN EXPLORATION WITH HIGH EN ELECTRONS (B&W,38)
VT ULTIMATE SPEED - EXCERPTS (B&W,36)
M TIME DILATION, AN EXPERIMENT WITH MU MESONS (B&W,36)
M THE EINSTEIN THEORY OF RELATIVITY (SILENT) (B&W,17)
M RELATIVISTIC TIME DILATION (COL,12)
M INERTIA IN FALLING FRAMES (B&W,10)
L A RELATIVISTIC RIDE
L AN INERTIAL BOX
L TWIN PARADOX
L UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED REFERENCE FRAME
--SET OF LOOPS--COMPUTER ANIMATED RELATIVITY--
L THE SPEED OF PROJECTILES, SOUND AND LIGHT
L SIMULTANEITY IS RELATIVE
L THE MICHELSON-MORLEY EXPERIMENT
L LENGTH CONTRACTION
L TIME DILATION
L THE DOPPLER EFFECT AND THE TWIN PARADOX
L WORLD LINES
L COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS

P2. Quantum Mechanics

M PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT (COL,28)
M PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT - EXCERPT (COL,8)
VD PHOTONS (B&W,19)
VD INTERFERENCE OF PHOTONS (B&W,13)
M MATTER WAVES (B&W,28)
M QUANTUM MECHANICAL HARMONIC OSCILLATOR (SILENT) (B&W,5)
M SCATTERING OF WAVE PACKETS (SILENT) (B&W,6)
VT PACKET OF AN UNCERTAIN GAUSSIAN (COL,9)
M SWINGING QUANTA (COL,9)
VT MULTI-QUANTUM WELL LONG WAVELENGTH INFRA-RED IMAGERY (COL,6)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT PROBABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY - QUANTUM MECHANICAL VIEW OF NATURE (B&W,56)
L THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
L OPTICAL BARRIER PENETRATION
--SET OF LOOPS--QUANTUM PHYSICS SERIES--
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - BARRIERS
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - SQUARE WELLS
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - EDGE EFFECTS
L SCATTERING IN ONE DIMENSION - MOMENTUM SPACE
L FREE WAVE PACKETS
L PACKETS IN A PERFECT CRYSTAL - PERIODIC POTENTIALS
L PACKETS INCIDENT ON A CRYSTAL - PERIODIC POTENTIALS
L SCATTERING FROM IMPURITIES - PERIODIC POTENTIALS
L PARTICLE IN A BOX

P3. Atoms and Molecules

M THE ORIGIN OF THE ELEMENTS (COL,18)
M CHEMICAL BONDING (COL,15)
VT THE ATOM AND ITS PARTS (COL,16)
M ELECTROLYSIS (B&W,5)
M SIZE OF ATOMS FROM ATOMIC BEAM EXPERIMENT (B&W,28)
M HYDROGEN ATOM AS VIEWED BY QUANTUM MECHANICS STD VERS (COL,13)
M HYDROGEN ATOM AND RELATIVITY (SILENT) (B&W,8)
M INTRODUCTION TO LASERS (COL,17)
M MEASURING SHORT DISTANCES (B&W,20)
VT MILLIKAN EXPERIMENT (B&W,30)
M FRANCK-HERTZ EXPERIMENT(B&W,30)
M MOMENTUM OF ELECTRONS (COL,10)
--TELLER--THE ATOM SERIES--
M HOW BIG IS AN ATOM (B&W,30)
M WHAT MAKES ATOMS STICK TOGETHER (B&W,30)
M WHY ARE ATOMS UNPREDICTABLE (B&W,30)
L THE SPECTRUM OF THE HYDROGEN ATOM
L GAS DISCHARGE EXPERIMENT
L RAMSAUER EFFECT
L ASTON'S MASS SPECTROGRAPH
L MASS OF AN ATOM
L THE COVALENT BOND FORMING THE HYDROGEN MOLECULE
L THE STRUCTURE OF A COVALENT MOLECULE CCL4
--SET OF LOOPS--MODELS OF THE ATOM--
L THOMSON MODEL OF THE ATOM (PSFC 1 Tape 2)
L PRODUCTION OF SODIUM BY ELECTROLYSIS
L RUTHERFORD SCATTERING (PSFC 1 Tape 2)

P4. NUCLEI AND PARTICLES

VT MASS OF THE ELECTRON (B&W,18)
VT CERENKOV LIGHT - WHAT IS IT? (COL,5)
VT AN INSIDE LOOK AT FOOD IRRADIATION (COL,5)
M THE NUCLEUS AND ITS PARTS (COL,17)
M POSITRON-ELECTRON ANNIHILATION (B&W,28)
M STRANGENESS MINUS 3 (B&W,45)
M SYNCHROTRON (COL,15)
M THE NUCLEAR REACTOR (B&W,9)
M U-238 RADIOACTIVE SERIES (B&W,9)
M PEOPLE AND PARTICLES (B&W,27)
M A IS FOR ATOM (COL,17)
M NOT ENOUGH POWER (COL,13)
M THE NEED FOR NUCLEAR - OUR ENERGY OPTIONS (COL,20)
M NUCLEAR POWER: AN INTRODUCTION (COL,20)
M THE BOILING WATER REACTOR (COL,10)
VT FUSION: NATURE'S FUNDAMENTAL ENERGY SOURCE (COL,21)
VT INTERACTION OF COSMIC STRINGS (COL,8)
VT EXPLORERS OF THE NUCLEUS - CYCLOTRON EXPERIMENT 190 (COL,49)
--FEYNMAN--THE CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW SERIES--
VT GREAT CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES (B&W,56)
VT SYMMETRY IN PHYSICAL LAW (B&W,57)
VT SEEKING NEW LAWS (B&W,58)
L RADIOACTIVITY
L RADIOACTIVE DECAY (Miller Tape 3)
L BETA DECAY
L ALPHA DECAY AND RADIOACTIVE CHAINS
L RUTHERFORD-ROYDS IDENTIFICATION OF ALPHA PARTICLES IN HELIUM
L SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY (Miller Tape 3)
L CRITICAL SIZE (NUCLEAR REACTIONS - CRITICAL SIZE)

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