The Great Courses: Understanding The Universe Volume 2 Of 2 8-Disc Set
Understanding The Universe: Introduction to Astronomy Volume 2 8-Disc DVD VIDEO
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The Great Courses
2007
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Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition Volume 2 of 2
48 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture DISC 9 49 Solar Neutrinos—Probes of the Sun's Core 50 Brown Dwarfs and Free-Floating Planets 51 Our Sun's Brilliant Future 52 White Dwarfs and Nova Eruptions 53 Exploding Stars—Celestial Fireworks! 54 White Dwarf Supernovae—Stealing to Explode DISC 11 61 The Quest for Black Holes 62 Imagining the Journey to a Black Hole 63 Wormholes—Gateways to Other Universes? 64 Quantim Physics and Black-Hole Evaporation 65 Enigmatic Gamma-Ray Bursts 66 Birth Cries of Black Holes DISC 13 73 Searching for Distant Galaxies 74 The Evolution of Galaxies 75 Active Galaxies and-Quasars 76 Cosmic Powerhouses of the Distant Past 77 Supermassive Black Holes 78 Feeding the Monster DISC 15 85 Ripples in the Cosmic Background Radiation 86 The Stuff of the Cosmos 87 Dark Energy—Quantum Fluctuations? 88 Dark Energy—Quintessence? 89 Grand Unification & Theories of Everything 90 Searching for Hidden Dimensions DISC 10 55 Core-Collapse Supernovae—Gravity Wins 56 The Brightest Supernova in Nearly 400 Years 57 The Corpses of Massive Stars 58 Einstein's General Theory of Relativity 59 Warping of Space and Time 60 Black Holes—Abandon Hope, Ye Who Enter DISC 12 67 Our Home—The Milky Way Galaxy 68 Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy 69 Other Galaxies—"Island Universes" 70 The Dark Side of Matter 71 Cosmology—The Really Big Picture 72 Expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang DISC 14 79 The Paradox of the Dark Night Sky 80 The Age of the Universe 81 When Geometry Is Destiny 82 The Mass Density of the Universe 83 Einstein's Biggest Blunder? 84 The Afterglow of the Big Bang DISC 16 91 The Shape, Size, and Fate of the Universe 92 In the Beginning 93 The Inflationary Universe 94 The Ultimate Free Lunch? 95 A Universe of Universes 96 Reflections on Life and the Cosmos Professor Alex Filippenko is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.
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48 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture DISC 9 49 Solar Neutrinos—Probes of the Sun's Core 50 Brown Dwarfs and Free-Floating Planets 51 Our Sun's Brilliant Future 52 White Dwarfs and Nova Eruptions 53 Exploding Stars—Celestial Fireworks! 54 White Dwarf Supernovae—Stealing to Explode DISC 11 61 The Quest for Black Holes 62 Imagining the Journey to a Black Hole 63 Wormholes—Gateways to Other Universes? 64 Quantim Physics and Black-Hole Evaporation 65 Enigmatic Gamma-Ray Bursts 66 Birth Cries of Black Holes DISC 13 73 Searching for Distant Galaxies 74 The Evolution of Galaxies 75 Active Galaxies and-Quasars 76 Cosmic Powerhouses of the Distant Past 77 Supermassive Black Holes 78 Feeding the Monster DISC 15 85 Ripples in the Cosmic Background Radiation 86 The Stuff of the Cosmos 87 Dark Energy—Quantum Fluctuations? 88 Dark Energy—Quintessence? 89 Grand Unification & Theories of Everything 90 Searching for Hidden Dimensions DISC 10 55 Core-Collapse Supernovae—Gravity Wins 56 The Brightest Supernova in Nearly 400 Years 57 The Corpses of Massive Stars 58 Einstein's General Theory of Relativity 59 Warping of Space and Time 60 Black Holes—Abandon Hope, Ye Who Enter DISC 12 67 Our Home—The Milky Way Galaxy 68 Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy 69 Other Galaxies—"Island Universes" 70 The Dark Side of Matter 71 Cosmology—The Really Big Picture 72 Expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang DISC 14 79 The Paradox of the Dark Night Sky 80 The Age of the Universe 81 When Geometry Is Destiny 82 The Mass Density of the Universe 83 Einstein's Biggest Blunder? 84 The Afterglow of the Big Bang DISC 16 91 The Shape, Size, and Fate of the Universe 92 In the Beginning 93 The Inflationary Universe 94 The Ultimate Free Lunch? 95 A Universe of Universes 96 Reflections on Life and the Cosmos Professor Alex Filippenko is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.
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