How the Earth Works. Part 4 of 4
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"Course No. 1750."
Lectures 1-48 of 48 30-minute lectures on 8 discs in 4 containers.
Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Pt. 3. Lecture 37. Glaciers : the power of ice -- Lecture 38. Planetary wobbles and the last ice age -- Lecture 39. Long-term climate change -- Lecture 40. Short-term climate change -- Lecture 41. Climate change and human history -- Lecture 42. Plate tectonics and natural resources -- Lecture 43. Nonrenewable energy sources -- Lecture 44. Renewable energy sources -- Lecture 45. Humans : dominating geologic change -- Lecture 46. History of life : complexity and diversity -- Lecture 47. The solar system : Earth's neighborhood -- Lecture 48. The lonely planet : Fermi's paradox.
Taught by: Professor Michael E. Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis.
Course covers the making of our planet from the Big Bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth. Travel to the center of our planet and out again, charting the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to push the continents and sea floor.
DVD format.
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PUBLISHED
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781598034066
1598034065
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Teaching Company.
SUBJECTS
Earth sciences.
Historical geology.
Geomorphology.
Seismology.
Natural disasters.
Earth -- Crust.
Earth -- Internal structure.
Earth -- Origin.
Earth -- Age.