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The Mechanical Universe... And Beyond, is a 52-part telecourse filmed at The California Institute of Technology, funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, and produced by Caltech and Intelecom. The series introduces university level physics, covering topics from Copernicus to quantum mechanics. The series, produced in 1985, uses historical dramatizations and visual aides to explain physics concepts, the later were state of the art at the time of production: almost 8 hours of computer animation, were done by computer graphics pioneer Jim Blinn. Each episode opens and closes with a "phantom" lecture by Caltech professor, David Goodstein. Though more than 20 years old, the series is often used as supplemental aide for its clear explanation of phenomenon such as special relativity even today.
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