DVD

Black holes explained / taught by Alex Filippenko.

Filippenko, Alexei V. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

Nearly everyone has heard of black holes, but few people outside of complex scientific fields understand their true nature and their implications for our universe. This lecture course makes this cosmological subject graspable, with 12 lavishly illustrated lectures by veteran Great Courses Professor Alex Filippenko, a distinguished astronomer and award-winning teacher at the University of California, Berkeley.

Record details

ISBN: 9781598035896
ISBN: 1598035894
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook.
Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:	Course no. 1841. Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. 12 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture.
Formatted Contents Note:	A general introduction to black holes -- The violent deaths of massive stars -- Gamma-ray bursts: the birth of black holes -- Searching for stellar-mass black holes -- Monster of the Milky Way and other galaxies -- Quasars: feasting supermassive black holes -- Gravitational waves: ripples in space-time -- The wildest ride in the universe -- Shortcuts through the universe and beyond? -- Stephen Hawking and black hole evaporation -- Black holes and the holographic universe -- Black holes and the Large Hadron Collider.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lecturer: Professor Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley.
System Details Note:	DVD.