Experiencing Hubble [DVD] : understanding the greatest images of the universe
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Experiencing Hubble [DVD] : understanding the greatest images of the universe

By Meyer, David Michael, 1958-
Teaching Company.

Genre Lectures.

Published [2011] by Teaching Co., Chantilly, Va.

ISBN 9781598037210

Bib Id 1459081

Copyright 2011

Description 2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 59 pages ; 19 cm).

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9781598037210 : $25.90
1598037218
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Title
Experiencing Hubble [DVD] : understanding the greatest images of the universe
Publication Information
[2011] by Teaching Co., Chantilly, Va. :
Copyright Date
©2011
Description
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 59 pages ; 19 cm).
Contents
Disc 1. Lecture 1. The rationale for a space telescope ; Lecture 2. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter ; Lecture 3. The Sagittarius star cloud ; Lecture 4. The star factory inside the Eagle Nebula ; Lecture 5. The Cat's Eye Nebula -- a stellar demise ; Lecture 6. The Crab nebula -- a supernova's aftermath. Disc 2. Lecture 7. The Sombrero Galaxy -- an island universe ; Lecture 8. Hubble's view of galaxies near and far ; Lecture 9. The Antennae galaxies -- a cosmic collision ; Lecture 10. Abell 2218 -- a massiver gravitational lens ; Lecture 11. The Hubble ultra deep field ; Lecture 12. Hubble's legacy and beyond.
Summary
Twelve lectures of thirty minutes each, by David M. Meyer, professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University.
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DVD.
Bibliography
Book Includes bibliographical references.
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Lecturer: David M. Meyer, professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University.
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