Bibliograph

Understanding the universe, what's new in astronomy 2003, Alex Filippenko

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Understanding the universe, what's new in astronomy 2003, Alex Filippenko

Language

eng

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videorecording

Main title

Understanding the universe

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videorecording

Responsibility statement

Alex Filippenko

Runtime

720

Series statement

Great courses

Sub title

what's new in astronomy 2003

Summary

Sixteen lectures designed to provide a non-technical description of modern astronomy

Table Of Contents

lecture 1. From dawn to dusk -- lecture 2. Exploring the night sky -- lecture 3. Recent discoveries in our solar system -- lecture 4. Other worlds galore! -- lecture 5. The formation and evolution of stars -- lecture 6. Supernovae, catastrophic stellar explosions -- lecture 7. Gamma ray bursts and the birth of black holes -- lecture 8. Observational evidence for black holes -- lecture 9. Einstein's relativity -- lecture 10. Cosmology and cosmic expansion -- lecture 11. The birth and evolution of galaxies -- lecture 12. The accelerating expansion of the universe -- lecture 13. The stuff of the cosmos -- lecture 14. Dark energy, may the force be with you -- lecture 15. Theories of everything, and hidden dimensions -- lecture 16. Our universe, one of many?

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live action

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What's new in astronomy, 2003

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Contributor