CUR260 The Natural World Extra Credit Video Schedule - Fall All videos will be shown in Olin Hall Room 220 at the times indicated on the calendar below. Each evening s presentation is approximately one hour long, unless noted otherwise. To see a video, go to the physics tutors room (Olin 216) and ask the tutor to start the video in room 220. Students who want extra credit for watching any of these videos must submit a 1-2 page paper, summarizing the video and briefly relating it to our class readings/discussions. The paper must be submitted prior to the next scheduled in-class exam, and credit will be counted toward that exam. From November 9-, there will be a Gustavus theater production of "An Experiment with an Air Pump" by Shelagh Stephenson. The play looks at issues including medical ethics and changing gender roles in society (and in the world of science in particular). Attending the play and writing a similar summary paper relating it to our class discussions may also receive extra credit.
September 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 pm: The Backbone of the Night from the The Backbone of the Night from the 13 The Music of the Spheres, from the The Music of the Spheres, from the 17 18 Looking, from the 19 Looking, from the 20 Introduction and The Law of Falling Bodies, from the series "The 21 Introduction and The Law of Falling Bodies, from the series "The 22 23 24 25 Inertia and Newton's Laws, 26 Inertia and Newton's Laws, 27 The Apple and the Moon and The Kepler Problem, 28 The Apple and the Moon and The Kepler Problem, 29 30
October 3 4 5 6 7 Nobel Nobel Conference Conference The Harmony of the Worlds from the The Harmony of the Worlds from the 8 9 The Drive for Power, from the 10 The Drive for Power, from the 11 Conservation of Energy and Potential Energy, Conservation of Energy and Potential Energy, 13 Engine of Nature and Entropy, from the series "The 22 23 Fall Break 17 Engine of Nature and Entropy, from the series "The 24 Fall Break 18 Beyond the Universe and Optics, from "The 25 The Atom and Particles and Waves, from "The 19 Beyond the Universe and Optics, from "The 26 The Atom and Particles and Waves, from "The 20 21 27 28 29 30 The New Physics: Newton Revised, 31 The New Physics: Newton Revised,
November 5 6 Velocity and Time and Mass, Momentum and Energy, from "The 7 Velocity and Time and Mass, Momentum and Energy, from "The 1 The Michelson- Morley Experiment and The Lorentz Transformation, from "The Universe 8 Niels Bohr 2 The Michelson- Morley Experiment and The Lorentz Transformation, from "The Universe 9 Play An Experiment with an Air Pump in Anderson Theater 3 4 13 Physics Department Guest Speaker The Quantum Universe 15 The Quantum Universe 16 Atoms, from the Truth" by Philip and 17 18 19 20 Assurance and Doubt, from the 21 Assurance and Doubt, from the 22 Thanksgiving Break 23 Thanksgiving Break 24 25 26 27 Steven Weinberg, 28 Steven Weinberg, 29 Quarks and the Universe with Murray Gell-Mann, 30 Quarks and the Universe with Murray Gell-Mann,
December 3 4 8-10pm: Fat Man and Little Boy, starring Paul Newman as Gen. Leslie Groves (2 hours) Who Speaks for Earth? from the 5 8-10pm: Fat Man and Little Boy, starring Paul Newman as Gen. Leslie Groves (2 hours) Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality, 6 Nova: Return to Chernobyl 13 Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality, 7 Nova: Return to Chernobyl Reading Day 8 9 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31