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Impossible: Physics Beyond the Edge

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Delve into some of the most fascinating concepts at the edge of modern physics with a veteran Great Courses Professor who provides an ingenious teaching approach.

Syllabus

  • 01: From Principles to Paradoxes and Back Again
  • 02: Almost Impossible
  • 03: Perpetual Motion
  • 04: On Sunshine and Invisible Particles
  • 05: Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire
  • 06: Maxwell's Demon
  • 07: Absolute Zero
  • 08: Predicting the Future
  • 09: Visiting the Past
  • 10: Thinking in Space-Time
  • 11: Faster than Light
  • 12: Black Holes and Curved Space-Time
  • 13: A Spinning Universe, Wormholes, and Such
  • 14: What Is Symmetry?
  • 15: Mirror Worlds
  • 16: Invasion of the Giant Insects
  • 17: The Curious Quantum World
  • 18: Impossible Exactness
  • 19: Quantum Tunneling
  • 20: Whatever Is Not Forbidden Is Compulsory
  • 21: Entanglement and Quantum Cloning
  • 22: Geometry and Conservation
  • 23: Symmetry, Information, and Probability
  • 24: The Future of the Impossible
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Benjamin Schumacher

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