Black Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity

Escape Velocity, Energy, and Rotation

Documentary Jun 1, 2020 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E6: Begin to dig deeper into Newton's laws than Newton himself was able to go. Here, apply the key concepts of energy and angular momentum to study how gravity affects motion. As an example, use simple algebra to calculate the escape velocity from Earth.

Documentary Jun 1, 2020 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 28 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.