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Albert Einstein : physicist, philosopher, humanitarian / taught by Professor Don Howard.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., ©2008.

4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 185 pages ; 19 cm).

"More than just a biography of Einstein's life, this course provides you with an inside look at how this brilliant thinker arrived at his various revolutionary breakthroughs. One of the secrets of Einstein's success was that he was well read in philosophy, and that guided his approach not only to framing and solving problems in physics but also to interpreting his discoveries in a more universal context. In addition, his philosophical background gave him the independence of judgment necessary to invent a new physics. Einstein was the clearest of thinkers, able to cut through conventional views to get to the heart of a matter and achieve astonishing discoveries in the process. According to Professor Howard, retracing the thought processes that led to Einstein's ideas is the key to understanding them"--Publisher's website, viewed November 7, 2008.

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Biography.

Physicists -- Biography.

Howard, Don, 1949-

Teaching Company.

Course no. 8122.

Lecturer: Professor Don Howard, University of Notre Dame.

DVD.

pt. 1. Lecture 1. The precocious young Einstein -- Lecture 2. The development of the young physicist -- Lecture 3. The birth of the quantum hypothesis -- Lecture 4. Background to special relativity -- Lecture 5. Essentials of special relativity -- Lecture 6. From Bern to Berlin -- Lecture 7. Background to general relativity -- Lecture 8. Essentials of general relativity -- Lecture 9. From Berlin to Princeton -- Lecture 10. Philosophical challenge of the new physics -- Lecture 11. Einstein's philosophy of science -- Lecture 12. Zionism, pacifism, and internationalism.

pt. 2. Lecture 13. Einstein the inventor and musician -- Lecture 14. On the road to the new quantum mechanics -- Lecture 15. Quantum mechanics and controversy -- Lecture 16. Einstein in Princeton--the lonely quest -- Lecture 17. Is quantum mechanics complete? -- Lecture 18. The expanding universe -- Lecture 19. Einstein and the bomb--science politicized -- Lecture 20. From the Manhattan Project to the Cold War -- Lecture 21. A lifelong commitment to social justice -- Lecture 22. Cosmic religion and Jewish identity -- Lecture 23. Einstein and modernity -- Lecture 24. The sage of Princeton--Einstein the icon.

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