| Record ID: |
3190648 |
| Format: |
DVD |
| Physical description: |
3 videodiscs (540 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 132 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| Date acquired: |
January 22, 2015
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| More creator details: |
David M. Meyer. |
| Series statement: |
The great courses. Science, Astronomy |
| Series title: |
Great courses (DVD) |
| General note: |
"The Great Courses has partnered with the Smithsonian to create unique and fascinating educational experiences, such as this visually stunning series..."--Container |
| General note: |
18 lectures (30 minutes each). |
| Contents note: |
Disc 1. Probing the cosmos from space -- The magnetic beauty of the active sun -- Mars: water and the search for life -- Vesta and the asteroid belt -- The dark side of the bullet cluster -- Saturn: the rings of enchantment -- The ice moons Europa and Enceladus -- Disc 2. The search for other Earths -- The Swan Nebula -- The Seven Sisters and their stardust veil -- Future supernova, Eta Carinae -- Runaway star, Zeta Ophiuchi -- The center of the Milky Way -- Disc 3. The Andromeda Galaxy -- Hubble's Galaxy zoo -- The brightest quasar -- The dark side of the bullet cluster -- The cosmic reach of gamma-ray bursts -- The afterglow of the Big Bang. |
| Credits: |
Smithsonian Institution. |
| Credits: |
Teaching Company. |
| Performers: |
Lecturer: David M. Meyer, professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University. |
