Pushed to the Limit

Synopsis: Newton’s synthesis of terrestrial and celestial mechanics was so successful that it seemed that all of physics - and perhaps all of life - was deterministic. Newton’scheme allows for infinite speeds. In Newton’s time the speed of light was shown to be finite, this finiteness turns out to be a limiting speed - an absolute barrier. Einstein challenged classical ideas; today we have machines that demonstrate the breakdown of classical ideas and the need for new laws of nature.
Series: Understanding Space and Time, Course S357
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.
Year of production: 1980
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Uses: 1st- and 2nd-year history of science courses.*
Subjects: Physics
Keywords: Einstein, Albert; history of science; mechanics; Newton, Isaac

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Alan Cooper
George O Abell

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