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The Mechanical Universe 8
The Apple and the Moon |
The first real steps toward space travel are made as Newton discovers that gravity describes the force between any two particles in the universe.
Ch Frame Code Title
1 A Opening Sequence
2 02194 G Newton's law of universal gravitation
3 05894 H Newton in apple orchard
4 06356 V Apollo crew liftoff
5 07659 H Newton in apple orchard
6 08407 V The plague years in England
7 09589 V Courtyard in Cambridge, England
8 09997 H Newton in apple orchard
9 11517 H Copernicus
10 11912 V Stills of Rome And Prussia
11 12582 H Copernicus
12 12812 H The Copernican System of the Universe
13 14216 A Epicycles and Deferents
14 15551 A The Solar System
15 15893 V Renaissance sculpture
16 16131 V Renaissance painting
17 16716 H Galileo in his study
18 17457 E Objects falling in vacuum
19 17769 A Ball rolling down Galileo's inclined plane
20 18240 H Galileo
21 18763 H Kepler at the chalkboard
22 18946 A Kepler's three laws
23 20571 H Newton in apple orchard
24 22666 H Newton at his desk
25 23026 V Apollo launch
26 23736 A Gravitational force
27 24744 V Astronauts in space and on Moon
28 25509 A Gravitational force of attraction
29 26381 A Force and acceleration due to gravity
30 28085 H Galileo at his desk
31 28325 H Newton at his desk
32 28983 V Free fall amusement park ride
33 29303 V Astronauts on the lunar surface
34 29905 H Newton in apple orchard
35 30408 A Cannon firing
36 32737 V Astronauts under weightless conditions
37 33673 H Newton at his desk
38 34017 A Acceleration of the Moon around the Earth
39 35367 H A Greek mathematician
40 35859 H Newton in his study
41 37078 A The Moon falling around the Earth
42 38636 A Pythagorean Theorem and the 1/20"
43 39671 H Newton in his study
44 41364 V Apollo launch
45 41509 V Astronauts under weightless conditions
46 41777 H Newton at his desk
47 42986 G Newton's accomplishments
47945 credits
Ch 18 - 'coin and feather' demo - not useful by itself
Ch 33 includes 'coin and feather' on the moon
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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007