Description

 TTC - What's new in Astronomy 1-16




Find out about the latest developments in the exciting world of astronomy as Professor Alex Filippenko returns to guide you through the remarkable discoveries astronomers and physicists have made during the last five years. This course is exceptionally visual, with fresh looks at supernovae, quasars, and even stunning, deep-field photographs transmitted by the Hubble Space Telescope. Professor Filippenko is an award-winning researcher, noted scholar, and teacher whose students have voted him "Best Professor on Campus" three times.




This is a lecture series from summer 2003:




> From Dawn to Dusk


> Exploring the Night Sky


> Recent Discoveries in Our Solar System


> Other Worlds Galore!


> The Formation and Evolution of Stars


> Supernovae - Catastrophic Stellar Explosions


> Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes


> Observational Evidence for Black Holes


> Einstein’s Relativity


> Cosmology and Cosmic Expansion


> The Birth and Evolution of Galaxies


> The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe


> The Stuff of the Cosmos


> Dark Energy - May the Force Be With You


> Theories of Everything, and Hidden Dimensions


> Our Universe, One of Many?




Technical Specs




Video Codec: DivX


Video Bitrate: 480kbps


Video Resolution: 352*256


Video Aspect Ratio: 4:3


Audio Codec: mp3


Audio BitRate: 64kbps


Audio Channels: 2


RunTime Per Part: 16*45min


Number Of Parts: 16


Part Size: ~170MB