Understanding the universe an introduction to astronomy
(DVD Video, Book - Regular Print)

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Contributors

Filippenko, Alexei V.
Leven, Jon.
Tate, Jay.
Rhoades, Zachary H.
Teaching Company.

Published

Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., 2007.

Edition

Second edition.

Physical Desc

16 videodiscs (48 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (x, 537 pages).

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Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., 2007.

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DVD Video, Book - Regular Print

Edition

Second edition.

Language

English

Notes

General Note

Course no. 1810.

General Note

Lectures produced in 2007.

Bibliography

Guide includes bibliography (pages 551-555) and supplementary reading list (pages 556-562).

Restrictions on Access

For home use or face-to-face teaching.

Creation/Production Credits

Camera, Jim Allen, Alexis Doty, Lonnie Anderson, Jack Dierken, Jared Bourgeouis, Will Savage.

Participants/Performers

Lecturer, Alex Filippenko.

Description

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).

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College students and adults.

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DVD.

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pt. 1. Observing the heavens: Celestial sights for everyone. ; Disc 1. A grand tour of the cosmos. (ca. 32 min.) ; 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. Celestial sphere. (ca. 33 min.) ; 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. 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.) ; Wave-particle duality of light. (ca. 30 min.) ; Colors of stars. (ca. 31 min.) ; 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.) ; 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. Formation of planetary systems. (ca. 32 min.) ; Contents of the universe : Other planetary systems. Quest for other planetary systems. (ca. 31 min.) ; Extra-solar planets galore! (ca. 31 min.) ; Life beyond the Earth. (ca. 31 min.) ; 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.) ; Intrinsic brightnesses of stars. (ca. 30 min.) ; 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.) ; Brightest supernova in nearly 400 years. (ca. 31 min.) ; 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. 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.) ; 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.) ; 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. Structure and evolution of the universe. Paradox of the dark night sky. (ca. 32 min.) ; Age of the universe. (ca. 31 min.) ; When geometry is destiny. (ca. 31 min.) ; Mass density of the universe. (ca. 32 min.) ; Einstein's biggest blunder? (ca. 31 min.) ; Afterglow of the big bang. (ca. 31 min.).

pt. 8. Disc 15. Ripples in the cosmic background radiation. (ca. 31 min.) ; 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. Birth of the cosmos, and other frontiers. Shape, size, and fate of the universe. (ca. 32 min.) ; In the beginning. (ca. 32 min.) ; Inflationary universe. (ca. 32 min.) ; Ultimate free lunch? (ca. 32 min.) ; A universe of universes. (ca. 32 min.) ; Reflections on life and the cosmos. (ca. 30 min.).

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Filippenko, A. V., Leven, J., Tate, J., & Rhoades, Z. H. (2007). Understanding the universe: an introduction to astronomy (Second edition.). Teaching Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alexei V. Filippenko et al.. 2007. Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy. Teaching Co.

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Alexei V. Filippenko et al.. Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy Teaching Co, 2007.

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Filippenko, Alexei V., Jon Leven, Jay Tate, and Zachary H Rhoades. Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy Second edition., Teaching Co., 2007.

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