| Description |
4 videodiscs : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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digital optical Dolby digital |
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laser optical NTSC |
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video file DVD video |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics, Astronomy |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Why the stellar life cycle matters -- The stars' information messenger -- Measuring the stars with light -- Stellar nurseries -- Gravitational collapse and protostars -- The dynamics of star formation -- disc 2. Solar systems in the making -- Telescopes--our eyes on the stars -- Mass--the DNA of stars -- Eclipses of stars--truth in the shadows -- Stellar families -- A portrait of our star, the Sun -- disc 3. E=mc²--energy for a star's life -- Stars in middle age -- Stellar death -- Stellar corpses--diamonds in the sky -- Dying breaths--cepheids and supernovae -- Supernova remnants and galactic geysers -- disc 4. Stillborn stars -- The dark mystery of the first stars -- Stars as magnets -- Solar storms--the perils of life with a star -- The stellar recipe of life -- A tale of two stars. |
| Performer |
Lectures by Professor Keivan G. Stassun, Vanderbilt University. |
| Summary |
Examines the process of star formation, aging and dying over time. Discusses types of stars and variations among individual stars. |
| Subject |
Stars -- Videodiscs.
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Universe -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781629970370 |
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1629970379 |
| Music No. |
1872 Teaching Company |
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ID1872A-01 Teaching Company |
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PD1872A Teaching Company |
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