Beyond The Mechanical Universe
Program 127
Provocative questions begin the quest of Beyond
the Mechanical Universe. This introductory preview enters the world of
Electricity and Magnetism, goes on to 20th-century discoveries of Relativity and
Quantum mechanics. The brilliant ideas of Faraday, Ampere, Maxwell, Einstein,
Schroedinger, and Heisenberg stand upon the shoulders of Newton's Mechanical
Universe.