Latest edition: The Lorentz Transformation Original tape date:
June 15, 2010. First aired: June 15, 2010. “The Mechanical
Universe..and Beyond” helps teachers demystify physics by
showing students what looks like. Inventive computer graphics
illustrate abstract concepts such as time, force, and
capacitance. Visits with Newton, Leibniz, Maxwell, and others
trace the evolution of theories and challenge students to
observe physical processes going on around them. In this
episode: If the speed of light is to be the same for all
observers, then the length of a meter stick, or the rate of a
ticking clock, depends on who measures it.