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Understanding the universe an introduction to astronomy
Record details
- ISBN: 1565855671
- ISBN: 9781565855670
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Physical Description:
videorecording
videodisc
5 parts (each containing 2 videodiscs) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 5 course guides (22 cm.) - Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., 1998.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Course Number 180: 40 lectures (45 minutes/lecture)." |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. Lecture 1. A grand tour of the cosmos. Lecture 2. Journey through space and time. Lecture 3. Light--the supreme informant. Lecture 4. The fingerprints of atoms. Lecture 5. Tools of the trade. Lecture 6. Space telescopes and the celestial sphere. Lecture 7. Our sun--the nearest star. Lecture 8. Lunar phases and glorious eclipses. -- Part 2. Lecture 9. The early history of astronomy. Lecture 10. The Copernican revolution. Lecture 11. On the shoulders of giants. Lecture 12. One small step--the Earth and Moon. Lecture 13. Paradise lost--Venus and Mars. Lecture 14. Planetary behemoths--Jupiter and Saturn. Lecture 15. Distant worlds and solar system debris. Lecture 16. Comets and catastrophic collisions. -- Part 3. Lecture 17. Distant suns. Lecture 18. Social stars--binaries and clusters. Lecture 19. Nature's nuclear reactors. Lecture 20. The fate of our sun. Lecture 21. Exploding stars--celestial fireworks. Lecture 22. The corpses of massive stars. Lecture 23. Hearts of darkness. Lecture 24. The quest for black holes. -- Part 4. Lecture 25. Starting at home--the Milky Way. Lecture 26. One giant leap--other galaxies. Lecture 27. The dark side of matter. Lecture 28. The birth and life of galaxies. Lecture 29. Quasars--cosmic powerhouses. Lecture 30. In the belly of the beast. Lecture 31. Are we alone? : the search begins. Lecture 32. Communicating with extraterrestrials -- Part 5. Lecture 33. The expansion of the universe. Lecture 34. The age of the universe. Lecture 35. The geometry and fate of the universe. Lecture 36. Einstein's biggest blunder? Lecture 37. Echoes of the big bang. Lecture 38. In the beginning. Lecture 39. The ultimate free lunch? Lecture 40. A universe of universes. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Producer, Tamara Stonebarger ; director, Robert Moss. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator, Alex Filippenko. |
Summary, etc.: | Alex Filippenko's lectures offer a non-technical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. |
System Details Note: | DVD. |
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Subject: | Cosmology Astronomy |
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