The Great Courses: Physics in Our Universe

Physics is the fundamental science. It explains how the universe behaves at every scale and gives us extraordinary power over the world. This makes physics sound like the most complicated subject there is, but the beauty of physics is that it's so simple anyone can learn it. These 60 enthralling lectures prove that case, giving you a robust, introductory college-level course in physics using nothing more advanced than high school algebra and trigonometry. Professor of physics Richard Wolfson has specially designed these lectures to be a self-contained examination of very fundamentals of reality, from the Bernoulli Effect and Maxwell's equations to relativity and quantum theory. This series is broken into six areas of physics that take you from Isaac Newton's influential "clockwork universe" in the 17th century to modern ideas that have overturned centuries-old views of space, time, and matter. Along the way, you'll get comprehensive looks at Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and fluids; thermodynamics; electricity and magnetism; optics; and the world beyond classical physics. One of the engaging aspects of these lectures: the many demonstrations Professor Wolfson performs to illustrate physical principles in action. "I love teaching physics and I love to see the understanding light up in people's eyes," says Professor Wolfson. "You'll see