A non-mathematical survey of the fundamental forces of nature and some relationships among them. This is a series of lectures aimed at young people. He starts off with the most fundamental and familiar forces of all: Gravity and Heat. Then by a progression of examples and experiments goes on to describe atomic/molecular adhesion in solids, liquids and gases, which he groups under the rubric of "Chemical Affinity". And, no collection of Faraday's theories could omit his discoveries in Electricity and Magnetism. (Summary by William A Jones)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
00 Preface
04:47 - Chapter 2
01 Lecture 1 Part 1 The Force of Gravitation
16:53 - Chapter 3
02 Lecture 1 Part 2 The Force of Gravitation
21:47 - Chapter 4
03 Lecture 2 Part 1 Gravitation Cohesion
20:20 - Chapter 5
04 Lecture 2 Part 2 Gravitation Cohesion
16:47 - Chapter 6
05 Lecture 3 Part 1 Cohesion, Chemical Affinity
20:18 - Chapter 7
06 Lecture 3 Part 2 Cohesion, Chemical Affinity
15:50 - Chapter 8
07 Lecture 4 Chemical Affinity, Heat
27:46 - Chapter 9
08 Lecture 5 Magnetism, Electricity
23:57 - Chapter 10
09 Lecture 6 Correlation of the Physical Forces
26:50 - Chapter 11
10 Lighthouse Illumination, the Electric Light
22:20 - Chapter 12
11 Lecture Notes
10:00