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1. The Ghost Dance (1982)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
The spirit of a long-dead warrior possesses the body of an Indian medicine man and turns him into a homicidal maniac.
Director: Peter F. Buffa | Stars: Julie Amato, Victor Mohica, Henry Bal, Frank Salsedo
Votes: 268
2. The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
25 min | Documentary
Stars: Aaron Fletcher, David L. Goodstein, Chris Tashima
Votes: 161
3. The Babe (1984 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary, Sport
This movie traces the career of Babe Ruth by interspersing documentary footage with a fictional Babe Ruth recounting his career on stage.
Director: Noam Pitlik | Star: Max Gail
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The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Law of Falling Bodies
(1985)
Documentary
Galileo's imaginative experiments proved that all bodies fall with the same constant acceleration.
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The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Derivatives
(1985)
Documentary
The function of mathematics in physical science and the derivative as a practical tool.
Director: Mark Rothschild
6.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Inertia
(1985)
Documentary
Galileo risks his favored status to answer the questions of the universe with his law of inertia.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
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The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Vectors
(1985)
Documentary
Physics must explain not only why and how much, but also where and which way.
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The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Newton's Laws
(1985)
Documentary
Newton lays down the laws of force, mass, and acceleration.
Director: Mark Rothschild
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The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Integration
(1985)
Documentary
Newton and Leibniz arrive at the conclusion that differentiation and integration are inverse processes.
10.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Energy and Eccentricity
Documentary
The precise orbit of a heavenly body - a planet, asteroid, or comet - is fixed by the laws of conservation of energy and angular momentum.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
11.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Harmony of the Spheres
Documentary
A last lingering look back at mechanics to see new connections between old discoveries.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
12.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Navigating in Space
Documentary
Voyages to other planets use the same laws that guide planets around the solar system.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
13.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Resonance
Documentary
Why a swaying bridge collapses with a high wind, and why a wine glass shatters with a higher octave.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
14.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Angular Momentum
Documentary
An old momentum with a new twist.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
15.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
From Kepler to Einstein
Documentary
From Kepler's laws and the theory of tides, to Einstein's general theory of relativity, into black holes, and beyond.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
16.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Kepler's Three Laws
Documentary
The discovery of elliptical orbits helps describe the motion of heavenly bodies with unprecedented accuracy.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
17.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
The Kepler Problem
Documentary
The deduction of Kepler's laws from Newton's universal law of gravitation is one of the crowning achievements of Western thought.
Director: Peter F. Buffa
18.
The Mechanical Universe... and Beyond (1985–1986)
Episode:
Waves
Documentary
With an analysis of simple harmonic motion and a stroke of genius, Newton extended mechanics to the propagation of sound.
Director: Peter F. Buffa