Fourier analysis The programme demonstrates that wave packets can be envisaged as being compounded o...f various sinusoidal waves and that the Fourier transformation is a limiting case of a Fourier series.
Methods for mars : the viking mission The Viking mission to Mars id the first attempt to search for signs of life on the ...surface of another planet. Timed to coincide with America's bi-centennial celebration, the two lander vehicles were due to touch down in July 1976. This programme was filmed in California in December 1975 when the spacecraft were in mid flight for Mars. The film's aim was to show details of the planning and strategy of the mission and specifically examine the design of the scientific experiments and the criteria a
Particle physics : Hadrons quarks and charm The programme looks at methods for examining the properties of hadrons. It introduc...es the concepts of charge, baryon number and strangeness and postulates fundamental particles, quarks, of which the various hadrons are composed.
Exploring frequency space The programme extends the ides of Fourier series to Fourier transformations in orde...r to cope with commonly encountered gratings such as the single slit.