| Description |
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Series |
The great courses. Science. Astronomy & space science |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Astronomy.
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| Note |
Title from disc labels. |
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24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture. |
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Course no. 1878. |
| Bibliography |
Course guidebook contains bibliographical references (pages 267-273). |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Radio astronomy and the invisible universe -- Thermal radio emission: the planets -- The birth of radio astronomy -- The discovery of interstellar hydrogen -- Radio telescopes and how they work -- Mapping the hydrogen sky -- Disc 2. Tour of the Green Bank Observatory -- Tour of the Green Bank Telescope -- Hydrogen and the structure of galaxies -- Pulsars: clocks in space -- Pulsars and gravity -- Pulsars and the 300-foot telescope -- Disc 3. The Big Bang: the oldest radio waves -- H II Regions and the birth of stars -- Supernovas and the death of stars -- Radio stars and early interferometers -- Radio source counts -- Active galactic nuclei and the VLA -- Disc 4. A telescope as big as the earth -- Galaxies and their gas -- Interstellar molecular clouds -- Star formation and ALMA -- Interstellar chemistry and life -- The future of radio astronomy. |
| Performer |
Taught by Felix J. Lockman, Ph. D. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Radio astronomy -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company, production company.
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| ISBN |
1629974781 |
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9781629974781 |
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