Understanding the universe what's new in asronomy, 2003 /
Understanding the universe what's new in asronomy, 2003 / [videorecording] :
Alex Filippenko ; the Teaching Company.
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, c2003.
- 4 videodiscs (12 hrs.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm.)
- Great courses .
16 lectures (45 min. each) in 2 parts. Course guides include an outline of each lecture and bibliographical references. "Course no. 190".--Disc. Teaching Company: PD190-01--PD190-02.
Pt.1. From dawn to dusk -- Exploring the night sky -- Recent discoveries in our solar system -- Other worlds galore! -- The formation and evolution of stars -- Supernovae : catastrophic stellar explosions -- Gamma ray bursts and the birth of black holes -- Observational evidence for black holes -- pt.2. Einstein's relativity -- Cosmology and cosmic expansion -- The birth and evolution of galaxies -- The accelerating expansion of the universe -- The stuff of the cosmos -- Dark energy : may the force be with you -- Theories of everything, and hidden dimensions -- Our universe, one of many?
Alex Filippenko, lecturer.
Professor Alex Filippenko of the University of California at Berkeley delivers 16 lectures on the universe.
DVD.
Home use only.
1565857666
PD190-01 Teaching Company (pt.1) PD190-02 Teaching Company (pt.2)
Cosmology.
Lecture.
QB51 / .U543 2003
16 lectures (45 min. each) in 2 parts. Course guides include an outline of each lecture and bibliographical references. "Course no. 190".--Disc. Teaching Company: PD190-01--PD190-02.
Pt.1. From dawn to dusk -- Exploring the night sky -- Recent discoveries in our solar system -- Other worlds galore! -- The formation and evolution of stars -- Supernovae : catastrophic stellar explosions -- Gamma ray bursts and the birth of black holes -- Observational evidence for black holes -- pt.2. Einstein's relativity -- Cosmology and cosmic expansion -- The birth and evolution of galaxies -- The accelerating expansion of the universe -- The stuff of the cosmos -- Dark energy : may the force be with you -- Theories of everything, and hidden dimensions -- Our universe, one of many?
Alex Filippenko, lecturer.
Professor Alex Filippenko of the University of California at Berkeley delivers 16 lectures on the universe.
DVD.
Home use only.
1565857666
PD190-01 Teaching Company (pt.1) PD190-02 Teaching Company (pt.2)
Cosmology.
Lecture.
QB51 / .U543 2003