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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

science music part

2009 Fall, The Science of Music Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2009 51:01

science music part

2009 Fall, Dynamics of Spinning, Rolling, and Skating

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2009 59:47

rolling dynamics spinning skating

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

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2009 44:48

remarkable living dead radiation neutron stars

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

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2009 59:07

politics protein human evolution big game hunting

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

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2009 59:17

museum collection priceless zoology

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

mirrors left handed antimatter

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

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2009 58:50

secrets universe keeper darkest milky way galaxy

2009 Winter, Black Holes Along the Cosmic Time

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2009 57:49

cosmic black holes

2009 Winter, Supermassive Black Holes and the Evolution of Galaxies

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2009 58:08

evolution galaxies supermassive black holes

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

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2009 59:34

universe ann arbor amateur astronomy

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

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

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2008 56:17

tricks biological microscopy

2008 Fall, Buddhism and Science

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2008 52:54

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

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2008 59:27

powerful large hadron collider particle accelerators

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

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 59:32

universe revealing building blocks

2008 Fall, A Current Perspective on Great Lake Water Levels

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 53:28

current great lakes water levels

2008 Fall, A Physicist Looks at Brain Tumors

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 57:38

physicists brain tumors

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

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2008 33:03

inflation stop worrying cosmology

2008 Winter, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2008 54:34

dark energy accelerating universe

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

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2008 59:18

physics roller coasters plunge

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

encounters modern physics

2008 Winter, Modeling the Cosmosò014Observations and Simulations

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2008 46:48

cosmos modeling simulations

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

universe heritage amplified

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

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:31

changing climate

2007 Winter, The Electronics Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:45

revolution electronics

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

music quantum physics

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

nuclear weapons weapons of mass destruction

2007 Winter, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biological Weapons

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:51

weapons of mass destruction biological weapons

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

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 59:41

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2007 Winter, Chemical Agents as Triggers of Neurological Disease

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 57:10

triggers chemical neurological diseases

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

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2007 Fall, Four Myths of the Copernican Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 57:47

myths copernican revolution

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

exposure right amount

2007 Fall, Muscling in on Tissue Engineering 1 of 2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 45:30

tissue engineering muscling

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

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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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