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Skywatching : seeing and understanding cosmic wonders

2011

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Skywatching : seeing and understanding cosmic wonders / Professor Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley.
Publisher, Date:	Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2011] ©2011
Description:	3 videodiscs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 course guidebook (vi, 172 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Summary:	With these twelve 45-minute lectures, award-winning astronomer and Professor Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley, has crafted a visually stunning tour of the sky's most dazzling displays, most of which you can see even without binoculars. Using the same dynamic and engaging teaching style that has won him praise from countess lifelong learners around the world, he shows you new ways to see your surroundings and appreciate the marvels of both our planet and the entire universe.
Series:	The great courses. Science & mathematics : Astronomy Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
Subjects:	Astronomy -- Study and teaching (Higher) Cosmology -- Study and teaching (Higher) Educational films.
Genre:	Lectures. Educational films.
Other Author:	Filippenko, Alexei V., speaker, author. Teaching Company, production company.
Notes:	Course no. 1852. Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography (p. 165-172). "12 lectures / 45 minutes per lecture"--Container. Lecturer: Professor Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley. DVD format; DVDs, full screen.
Contents:	Day and night skies across all distances ; The blue sky, clouds, and lightning ; The rainbow family : sunlight and water ; Solar halos: sunlight and ice crystals -- The colors of sunrise and sunset ; Bright stars, constellations, and the zodiac ; Viewing the planets and their motions ; The moon, phases, and lunar eclipses -- Satellites, comets, and meteors ; Observing solar activity and Earth's auroras ; Solar eclipses: marvelous coincidences ; Celestial sights when the night is darkest.
ISBN:	1598037943 9781598037944
Publisher Number:	1852 ID1852A-01 PD1852A
Other Number:	769230827
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	316363
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Call Number:	GREAT DVD 520 Skywatch

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