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Understanding the universe : an introduction to astronomy

Filippenko, Alexei V. (Author). Leven, Jon. (Added Author). Tate, Jay. (Added Author). Rhoades, Zachary H. (Added Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Ninety-six lectures, divided into ten sections, are designed to provide a non-technical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. Updated edition integrates discoveries reported in the 2003 course and includes recent findings (through mid-2006).

DVD  - 2007
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  • ISBN: 1598032747
  • Physical Description 16 videodiscs (48 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition 2nd ed.
  • Publisher Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Course no. 1810.
Lectures produced in 2007.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. Observing the heavens: Celestial sights for everyone. ; Disc 1. A grand tour of the cosmos. (ca. 32 min.) ; The rainbow connection. (ca. 30 min.) ; Sunrise, sunset. (ca. 32 min.) ; Bright objects in the night sky. (ca. 31 min.) ; Fainter phenomena in the night sky. (ca. 31 min.) ; Our sky through binoculars and telescopes. (ca. 30 min.) -- Disc 2. The celestial sphere. (ca. 33 min.) ; The reason for the seasons. (ca. 31 min.) ; Lunar phases and eerie lunar eclipses. (ca. 31 min.) ; Glorious total solar eclipses. (ca. 31 min.) ; More eclipse tales. (ca. 31 min.) ; Early studies of the solar system. (ca. 29 min.).
pt. 2. Disc 3. The geocentric universe. (ca. 30 min.) ; Galileo and the Copernican revolution. (ca. 31 min.) ; Refinements to the heliocentric model. (ca. 31 min.) ; On the shoulders of giants. (ca. 32 min.) ; Surveying space and time. (ca. 31 min.) ; Scale models of the universe. (ca. 31 min.) -- Disc 4. Observing the heavens : Basic concepts and tools. Light: the supreme informant. (ca. 31 min.) ; The wave-particle duality of light. (ca. 30 min.) ; The colors of stars. (ca. 31 min.) ; The fingerprints of atoms. (ca. 31 min.) ; Modern telescopes. (ca. 31 min.) ; A better set of eyes. (ca. 31 min.).
pt. 3. Contents of the Universe : Our solar system. Disc 5. Our sun, the nearest star. (ca. 30 min.) ; The Earth, third rock from the sun. (ca. 32 min.) ; Our moon, Earth's nearest neighbor. (ca. 31 min.) ; Mercury and Venus. (ca. 33 min.) ; Of Mars and martians. (ca. 31 min.) ; Jupiter and its amazing moons. (ca. 31 min.) -- Disc 6. Magnificent Saturn. (ca. 30 min.) ; Uranus and Neptune, the small giants. (ca. 30 min.) ; Pluto and its cousins. (ca. 30 min.) ; Asteroids and dwarf planets. (ca. 33 min.) ; Comets: gorgeous pimordial snowballs. (ca. 31 min.) ; Catastrophic collisons. (ca. 31 min.).
pt. 4. Disc 7. The formation of planetary systems. (ca. 32 min.) ; Contents of the universe : Other planetary systems. The quest for other planetary systems. (ca. 31 min.) ; Extra-solar planets galore! (ca. 31 min.) ; Life beyond the Earth. (ca. 31 min.) ; The search for extraterrestrials. (ca. 31 min.) ; Special relativity and interstellar travel. (ca. 31 min.) -- Disc 8. Contents of the universe : Stars and their lives. Stars: distant suns. (ca. 32 min.) ; The intrinsic brightnesses of stars. (ca. 30 min.) ; The diverse sizes of stars. (ca. 31 min.) ; Binary stars and stellar masses. (ca. 31 min.) ; Star clusters, ages, and remote distances. (ca. 31 min.) ; How stars shine: nature's nuclear reactors. (ca. 30 min.).
pt. 5. Disc 9. Solar neutrinos: probes of the sun's core. (ca. 31 min.) ; Brown dwarfs and free-floating planets. (ca. 31 min.) ; Our sun's briliant future. (ca. 31 min.) ; White dwarfs and nova eruptions. (ca. 31 min.) ; Exploding stars: celestial fireworks. (ca. 31 min.) ; White dwarf supernovae: stealing to explode. (ca. 31 min.) -- Disc 10. Contents of the universe: Stellar explosions and black holes. Core-collapse supernovae: gravity wins. (ca. 31 min.) ; The brightest supernova in nearly 400 years. (ca. 31 min.) ; The corpses of massive stars. (ca. 31 min.) ; Einstein's general theory of relativity. (ca. 32 min.) ; Warping of space and time. (ca. 31 min.) ; Black holes: abandon hope, ye who enter. (ca. 32 min.).
pt. 6. Disc 11. The quest for black holes. (ca. 31 min.) ; Imagining the journey to a black hole. (ca. 31 min.) ; Wormholes: gateways to other universes? (ca. 32 min.) ; Quantum physics and black-hole evaporation. (ca. 31 min.) ; Enigmatic gamma-ray bursts. (ca. 31 min.) ; Birth cries of black holes. (ca. 31 min.) -- Disc 12. Contents of the universe : The Milky Way and other galaxies. Our home: the Milky Way Galaxy. (ca. 30 min.) ; Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy. (ca. 30 min.) ; Other galaxies: "Island universes". (ca. 30 min.) ; The dark side of matter. (ca. 31 min.) ; Cosmology: The universe as a whole. Cosmic expansion and distant galaxies. Cosmology: the really big picture. (ca. 32 min.) ; Expansion of the universe and the big bang. (ca. 32 min.).
pt. 7. Disc 13. Searching for distant galaxies. (ca. 31 min.) ; The evolution of galaxies. (ca. 31 min.) ; Active galaxies and quasars. (ca. 32 min.) ; Cosmic powerhouses of the distant past. (ca. 31; min.) ; Supermassive black holes. (ca. 32 min.) ; Feeding the monster. (ca. 32 min.) -- Disc 14. Cosmology: The universe as a whole. The structure and evolution of the universe. The paradox of the dark night sky. (ca. 32 min.) ; The age of the universe. (ca. 31 min.) ; When geometry is destiny. (ca. 31 min.) ; The mass density of the universe. (ca. 32 min.) ; Einstein's biggest blunder? (ca. 31 min.) ; The afterglow of the big bang. (ca. 31 min.).
pt. 8. Disc 15. Ripples in the cosmic background radiation. (ca. 31 min.) ; The stuff of the cosmos. (ca. 32 min.) ; Dark energy: quantum fluctuations? (ca. 31 min.) ; Dark energy: quintessence? (ca. 32 min.) ; Grand unification & theories of everything. (ca. 32 min.) ; Searching for hidden dimensions. (ca. 32 min.) -- Disc 16. Cosmology: The universe as a whole. The birth of the cosmos, and other frontiers. The shape, size, and fate of the universe. (ca. 32 min.) ; In the beginning. (ca. 32 min.) ; The inflationary universe. (ca. 32 min.) ; The ultimate free lunch? (ca. 32 min.) ; A universe of universes. (ca. 32 min.) ; Reflections on life and the cosmos. (ca. 30 min.).
Restrictions on Access Note:
For home use or face-to-face teaching.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Camera, Jim Allen, Alexis Doty, Lonnie Anderson, Jack Dierken, Jared Bourgeouis, Will Savage.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lecturer, Alex Filippenko.
Target Audience Note:
College students and adults.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
In English.

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520 . ‡aNinety-six lectures, divided into ten sections, are designed to provide a non-technical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. Updated edition integrates discoveries reported in the 2003 course and includes recent findings (through mid-2006).
50500. ‡gpt. 1. ‡tObserving the heavens: Celestial sights for everyone. ; ‡gDisc 1. ‡tA grand tour of the cosmos. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tThe rainbow connection. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tSunrise, sunset. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tBright objects in the night sky. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tFainter phenomena in the night sky. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tOur sky through binoculars and telescopes. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) -- ‡gDisc 2. ‡tThe celestial sphere. ‡g(ca. 33 min.) ; ‡tThe reason for the seasons. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tLunar phases and eerie lunar eclipses. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tGlorious total solar eclipses. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tMore eclipse tales. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tEarly studies of the solar system. ‡g(ca. 29 min.).
50500. ‡gpt. 2. ‡gDisc 3. ‡tThe geocentric universe. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tGalileo and the Copernican revolution. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tRefinements to the heliocentric model. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tOn the shoulders of giants. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tSurveying space and time. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tScale models of the universe. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) -- ‡gDisc 4. ‡tObserving the heavens : Basic concepts and tools. ‡tLight: the supreme informant. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe wave-particle duality of light. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tThe colors of stars. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe fingerprints of atoms. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tModern telescopes. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tA better set of eyes. ‡g(ca. 31 min.).
50500. ‡gpt. 3. ‡tContents of the Universe : Our solar system. ‡gDisc 5. ‡tOur sun, the nearest star. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tThe Earth, third rock from the sun. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tOur moon, Earth's nearest neighbor. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tMercury and Venus. ‡g(ca. 33 min.) ; ‡tOf Mars and martians. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tJupiter and its amazing moons. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) -- ‡gDisc 6. ‡tMagnificent Saturn. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tUranus and Neptune, the small giants. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tPluto and its cousins. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tAsteroids and dwarf planets. ‡g(ca. 33 min.) ; ‡tComets: gorgeous pimordial snowballs. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tCatastrophic collisons. ‡g(ca. 31 min.).
50500. ‡gpt. 4. ‡gDisc 7. ‡tThe formation of planetary systems. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tContents of the universe : Other planetary systems. ‡tThe quest for other planetary systems. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tExtra-solar planets galore! (ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tLife beyond the Earth. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe search for extraterrestrials. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tSpecial relativity and interstellar travel. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) -- ‡gDisc 8. ‡tContents of the universe : Stars and their lives. ‡tStars: distant suns. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tThe intrinsic brightnesses of stars. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tThe diverse sizes of stars. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tBinary stars and stellar masses. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tStar clusters, ages, and remote distances. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tHow stars shine: nature's nuclear reactors. ‡g(ca. 30 min.).
50500. ‡gpt. 5. ‡gDisc 9. ‡tSolar neutrinos: probes of the sun's core. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tBrown dwarfs and free-floating planets. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tOur sun's briliant future. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tWhite dwarfs and nova eruptions. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tExploding stars: celestial fireworks. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tWhite dwarf supernovae: stealing to explode. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) -- ‡gDisc 10. ‡tContents of the universe: Stellar explosions and black holes. ‡tCore-collapse supernovae: gravity wins. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe brightest supernova in nearly 400 years. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe corpses of massive stars. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tEinstein's general theory of relativity. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tWarping of space and time. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tBlack holes: abandon hope, ye who enter. ‡g(ca. 32 min.).
50500. ‡gpt. 6. ‡gDisc 11. ‡tThe quest for black holes. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tImagining the journey to a black hole. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tWormholes: gateways to other universes? ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tQuantum physics and black-hole evaporation. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tEnigmatic gamma-ray bursts. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tBirth cries of black holes. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) -- ‡gDisc 12. ‡tContents of the universe : The Milky Way and other galaxies. ‡tOur home: the Milky Way Galaxy. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tStructure of the Milky Way Galaxy. ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tOther galaxies: "Island universes". ‡g(ca. 30 min.) ; ‡tThe dark side of matter. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tCosmology: The universe as a whole. ‡tCosmic expansion and distant galaxies. ‡tCosmology: the really big picture. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tExpansion of the universe and the big bang. ‡g(ca. 32 min.).
50500. ‡gpt. 7. ‡gDisc 13. ‡tSearching for distant galaxies. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe evolution of galaxies. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tActive galaxies and quasars. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tCosmic powerhouses of the distant past. ‡g(ca. 31; min.) ; ‡tSupermassive black holes. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tFeeding the monster. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) -- ‡gDisc 14. ‡tCosmology: The universe as a whole. ‡tThe structure and evolution of the universe. ‡tThe paradox of the dark night sky. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tThe age of the universe. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tWhen geometry is destiny. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe mass density of the universe. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tEinstein's biggest blunder? ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe afterglow of the big bang. ‡g(ca. 31 min.).
50500. ‡gpt. 8. ‡gDisc 15. ‡tRipples in the cosmic background radiation. ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tThe stuff of the cosmos. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tDark energy: quantum fluctuations? ‡g(ca. 31 min.) ; ‡tDark energy: quintessence? ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tGrand unification & theories of everything. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tSearching for hidden dimensions. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) -- ‡gDisc 16. ‡tCosmology: The universe as a whole. ‡tThe birth of the cosmos, and other frontiers. ‡tThe shape, size, and fate of the universe. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tIn the beginning. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tThe inflationary universe. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tThe ultimate free lunch? ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tA universe of universes. ‡g(ca. 32 min.) ; ‡tReflections on life and the cosmos. ‡g(ca. 30 min.).
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521 . ‡aCollege students and adults.
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74002. ‡aObserving the heavens. ‡pCelestial sights for everyone.
74002. ‡aObserving the heavens. ‡pBasic concepts and tools.
74002. ‡aContents of the universe. ‡pOur solar system.
74002. ‡aContents of the universe. ‡pOther planetary systems.
74002. ‡aContents of the universe. ‡pStars and their lives.
74002. ‡aContents of the universe. ‡pStellar explosions and black holes.
74002. ‡aContents of the universe. ‡pMilky Way and other galaxies.
74002. ‡aCosmology: The universe as a whole. ‡pCosmic expansion and distant galaxies.
74002. ‡aCosmology: The universe as a whole. ‡pStructure and evolution of the universe.
74002. ‡aCosmology: The universe as a whole. ‡pBirth of the cosmos, and other frontiers.
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