Presented by Professor Alex Filippenko
University of California at Berkeley
This is a college-level course
consisting of 40 lectures on VHS videotapes that is available to members of the
Rockland Astronomy Club. Please refer
to guidelines at bottom of this page for the procedure you must follow to
borrow these videotapes.
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PART I |
Unlocking the Secrets to the Heavens |
PART II |
Unlocking the Secrets to the Heavens (continued) |
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Lecture 1 |
A Grand Tour of the Cosmos |
Lecture 9 |
The Early History of Astronomy |
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Lecture 2 |
Journey Through Space and Time |
Lecture 10 |
The Copernican Revolution |
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Lecture 3 |
Light – The Supreme Informant |
Lecture 11 |
On the Shoulders of Giants |
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Lecture 4 |
The Fingerprints of Atoms |
Lecture 12 |
One Small Step – The Earth and Moon |
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Lecture 5 |
Tools of the Trade |
Lecture 13 |
Paradise Lost – Venus and Mars |
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Lecture 6 |
Space Telescopes and the Celestial Spheres |
Lecture 14 |
Planetary Behemoths – Jupiter and Saturn |
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Lecture 7 |
Our Sun – The Nearest Star |
Lecture 15 |
Distant Worlds and Solar-System Debris |
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Lecture 8 |
Lunar Phases and Glorious Eclipses |
Lecture 16 |
Comets and Catastrophic Collisions |
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PART III |
The Stars and Their Lives |
PART IV |
A Universe of Galaxies |
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Lecture 17 |
Distant Suns |
Lecture 25 |
Starting at Home – The Milky Way |
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Lecture 18 |
Social Stars – Binaries and Clusters |
Lecture 26 |
One Giant Leap – Other Galaxies |
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Lecture 19 |
Nature’s Nuclear Reactors |
Lecture 27 |
The Dark Side of Matter |
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Lecture 20 |
The Fate of Our Sun |
Lecture 28 |
The Birth and Life of Galaxies |
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Lecture 21 |
Exploding Stars – Celestial Fireworks! |
Lecture 29 |
Quasars – Cosmic Powerhouses |
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Lecture 22 |
The Corpses of Massive Stars |
Lecture 30 |
In the Belly of the Beast |
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Lecture 23 |
Hearts of Darkness |
Lecture 31 |
Are We Alone? The Search Begins |
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Lecture 24 |
The Quest for Black Holes |
Lecture 32 |
Communicating with Extraterrestrials |
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PART V |
The Birth and Life of the Universe |
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Lecture 33 |
The Expansion of the Universe |
Lecture 37 |
Echoes of the Big Bang |
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Lecture 34 |
The Age of the Universe |
Lecture 38 |
In the Beginning |
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Lecture 35 |
The Geometry and Fate of the Universe |
Lecture 39 |
The Ultimate Free Lunch? |
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Lecture 36 |
Einstein’s Biggest Blunder? |
Lecture 40 |
A Universe of Universes |
Tapes must be picked up at and returned to Don Urban at his home in Closter, NJ. Contact Don at least 48 hours prior to the date you want to pick up the tapes to ensure they are available. One part consisting of 3 tapes may be borrowed for up to 10 days.