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• Producers: Middlebury College
• Number of tapes: 3
• Studio: The Teaching Company
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KUMP0I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #508,727 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Einstein's Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists - Part 1 by Professor Richard Wolfson. This 3 tape box set contains 12 lectures and a Course Guidebook.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review-1, January 21, 2010

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Helmut Snyder (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Einsteins Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition (Teaching Company, Course No. 153) (DVD)

I found the historical sequence informative and enlightening.

The Special Theory of Relativity was well explained with great examples and a very logical sequence.

The General Theory was recognized by the author to be less convincing. It was. I was frustrated especially by his example of the light experiment in a freely-falling elevator where he seemed to equate the bending of the light passing through the elevator's slot to gravity, but failed to connect it to the velocity of the elevator which would dictate how much time the light had to get to the other side. I hope the author is reading this.

The quantum physics part started well but became too involved considering the latest discovered bits. In the end I had no idea of what bit of matter was related or a part of another. Less bits would would probably have been better.

It was worth the effort.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product and Value, October 26, 2010

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Burton C. Sigal "Hopefull" (LA, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Einsteins Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition (Teaching Company, Course No. 153) (DVD)

I bought this based on reviews in Amazon and if anything, they weren't strong enough. The product, content and delivery were mesmerizing and I recommend it as strongly as possible.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Physics, January 13, 2011

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This review is from: Einsteins Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition (Teaching Company, Course No. 153) (DVD)

This is a lesson in physics from an expert in the field. The setting is as if you were in the classroom and he stands at the front, lecturing in a way that is understandable to most people. He uses some visual props to support his materials, and the accompanying handbook is supportive and pertinent to the course.