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Physics is a fundamental science and provides the foundations for solving both cosmic mysteries and practical problems. In 1995, the University of Michigan Department of Physics began sharing some of the latest ideas in the field with the public in the Saturday Morning Physics lecture series. Design…

University of Michigan Department of Physics


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    2009 Fall, Sparks and Wiggles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2009 59:27


    2009 Fall, The Science of Music Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2009 53:17


    2009 Fall, The Science of Music Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2009 51:01


    2009 Fall, Dynamics of Spinning, Rolling, and Skating

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2009 59:47


    2009 Fall, Light of the Living Dead: The Remarkable Radiation from Neutron Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2009 44:48


    2009 Fall, Protein, Fat or Politics? Big Game Hunting in Human Evolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2009 59:07


    2009 Fall, The Museum of Zoology: A Priceless Collection of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2009 59:17


    2009 Fall, How Fast is Evolution?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2009 57:41


    2009 Fall, Mirrors, Anti Matter, & the Left-Handed World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2009 59:00


    2009 Winter, Milky Way Galaxy: Keeper of the Darkest Secrets of the Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2009 58:50


    2009 Winter, Black Holes Along the Cosmic Time

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2009 57:49


    2009 Winter, Supermassive Black Holes and the Evolution of Galaxies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2009 58:08


    2009 Winter, Amateur Astronomy: From Ann Arbor to the Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 59:34


    2009 Winter, Building Planets: When & How?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2009 47:22


    2009 Winter, How Did Earth Get Its Water?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2009 44:20


    2009 Winter, Four Hundred Years of Cosmic Discovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2009 59:36


    2008 Fall, Tricks With Light: How Microscopy Reveals The Biological World

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2008 56:17


    2008 Fall, Buddhism and Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2008 52:54


    2008 Fall, The Large Hadron Collider: The World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2008 59:27


    2008 Fall, The LHC: Revealing the Building Blocks of Our Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 59:32


    2008 Fall, A Current Perspective on Great Lake Water Levels

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 53:28


    2008 Fall, A Physicist Looks at Brain Tumors

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 57:38


    2008 Fall, Superstring Cosmology or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love Inflation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 33:03


    2008 Winter, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2008 54:34


    2008 Winter, Taking the Plunge: The Physics of Roller Coasters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2008 59:18


    2008 Winter, Cosmic Rays

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2008 59:38


    2008 Winter, Encounters with Modern Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2008 59:42


    2008 Winter, Modeling the Cosmosò014Observations and Simulations

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2008 46:48


    2008 Winter, String Theory: What is It Good For?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2008 51:03


    2008 Winter, What is String Theory Anyway?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2008 48:51


    2008 Winter, Adventitious Universe: Our Heritage as Amplified Noise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2008 58:26


    2007 Winter, Earth's Changing Climate - What's in Store for the Future?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:31


    2007 Winter, The Electronics Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:45


    2007 Winter, Future of Electronics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 58:32


    2007 Winter, The Music of Quantum Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 58:22


    2007 Winter, The Physics behind Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 54:37


    2007 Winter, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear Weapons

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 58:46


    2007 Winter, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biological Weapons

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:51


    2007 Fall, Physics (and Chemistry and Biology...) of Mastodons and Mammoths

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:41


    2007 Winter, Chemical Agents as Triggers of Neurological Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 57:10


    2007 Fall, Lightning Lights: Mercury Float Lighthouse Lens or How you float a 4,000lb lens in 600 lbs of liquid

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 52:45


    2007 Fall, Four Myths of the Copernican Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 57:47


    2007 Fall, It's All About Light!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:06


    2007 Fall, We All Need Just the Right Amount of Exposure

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 58:52


    2007 Fall, Muscling in on Tissue Engineering 1 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 45:30


    2007 Fall, Fresnel: Before and After

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 52:54


    2007 Fall, How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? Current Treatments and Novel Strategies for Cardiovascular Disease 2 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 52:21


    2007 Fall, How to Keep Your Focus; the Physics of Camera Lenses

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 55:46


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