Introduction to Astrophysics

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Call Number: DVD 523.01 Wi Oversize, Adult DVD / Great Courses / Science & Nature / Astronomy / Introduction To Astrophysics
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Westgate Adult A/V 2-week checkout	Adult DVD / Great Courses / Science & Nature / Astronomy / Introduction To Astrophysics	2-week checkout	On Shelf

24 lectures (30 minutes each).
"Course no. 1360"--Container.
Disc 1: Zooming out to distant galaxies -- Zooming in to fundamental particles -- Making maps of the cosmos -- The physics demonstration in the sky -- Newton's hardest problem -- Tidal forces -- Disc 2: Black holes -- Photons and particles -- Comparative planetology -- Optical telescopes -- Radio and X-ray telescopes -- The message in a spectrum -- Disc 3: The properties of stars -- Planets around other stars -- Why stars shine -- Simple stellar models -- White dwarfs -- When stars grow old -- Disc 4: Supernovas and neutron stars -- Gravitational waves -- The Milky Way and other galaxies -- Dark matter -- The first atoms and the first nuclei -- The history of the Universe.
Lecturer: Professor Joshua N. Winn, Massachussetts Institute of Technology..
DVD.

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