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Physics in Your Life

6 discs. color. 18+ hrs. Teaching Co., www.thegreatcourses.com. 2006. DVD ISBN 9781565859388. $374.95.

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Professor Richard Wolfson uses demonstrations, animations, and diagrams to reveal the physics of everyday life, from how CDs store data to how airplanes make sonic booms. The Great Courses are perennially popular with independent learners, and this set is accessible and fun for newbies and science buffs alike. (LJ 11/15/05)

Reviewed by Susannah Hamm , Mar 01, 2013

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