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Life in Our Universe
Professor Laird Close
Are we alone in the universe? Or does the cosmos pulse with diverse life forms? Life in Our Universe reveals the cutting-edge research leading scientists to believe that life is not exclusively the domain of Earth. Taught by Dr. Laird Close, an award-winning Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at The University of Arizona, these 24 stunningly visual lectures offer an unparalleled look at the most intriguing discoveries coming from the new field of astrobiology, as well as the mysteries that remain. You'll examine the remarkable coincidences that created our planet and sustained its habitability for 3.5 billion years. And you'll join the hunt for microbial life elsewhere in our solar system and Earth-like planets in alien solar systems—one of astronomy's "holy grails."
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Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition
Professor Alex Filippenko
In 96 richly illustrated half-hour lectures you will survey the main concepts, methods, and discoveries in astronomy—from the constellations drawn by the ancients, to the latest reports from planetary probes in our Solar System and the most recent images offered by telescopes probing the farthest frontiers of space and time. While updating this course, Professor Alex Filippenko added hundreds of images, including nearly 300 short movies and computer animations.
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Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe
Professor David M. Meyer
Marvel at a carefully selected sampling of the Hubble Space Telescope's landmark images in Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe. This visual feast of a course features many of the greatest discoveries in astronomy during the last two decades. Your guide is award-winning Professor David M. Meyer, whose 12 lectures use breathtaking imagery to reveal the fundamental concepts and recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the cosmos. His course is a dazzling voyage of discovery that will delight your eyes, feed your imagination, and spark your curiosity about the universe.
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Our Night Sky
Professor Edward M. Murphy
Learn how to feel at home in the limitless expanse of the star-filled sky with the 12 lectures of Our Night Sky. This richly illustrated course is an unrivaled tour of the stars that teaches you about the science, culture, technology, and pure pleasure of stargazing. With the guidance of award-winning astronomer and Professor Edward M. Murphy, you'll get a comprehensive overview of what there is to see out there—whether you live in the city or the country, and whether you're a novice or an expert observer.
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The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries
Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson
What is our latest picture of some of the most inexplicable features of the universe? What still remains to be uncovered? What are some of the next avenues of exploration for today’s chemists, physicists, biologists, and astronomers? Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson’s course The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries is a marvelous journey to the frontiers of the known (and unknown) universe and introduces you to tantalizing questions being addressed by the world’s top scientists. Undeniably engaging and fascinating, this lecture series is a wonderful entrée to scientific pursuits that lie at the very heart of the history and nature of our universe.
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Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe
Professor Mark Whittle
Discover a wealth of insights into the origin, evolution, composition, and probable fate of our universe. In the 36 lectures of Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe, astronomer and award-winning Professor Mark Whittle makes this profound subject understandable and awe inspiring. With the aid of more than 1,700 vivid illustrations, discover how this scientific field has helped us decipher mysteries about the cosmos including dark matter and dark energy, cosmic inflation, and the birth of galaxies. Filled with keen looks at cosmology's breathtaking discoveries, this course is the perfect introduction to a fascinating field of study.
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Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding Cosmic Wonders
Professor Alex Filippenko
Get an unparalleled visual guide to nature's most mysterious and beautiful offerings with Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding Cosmic Wonders. With these twelve 45-minute lectures, award-winning astronomer and Professor Alex Filippenko has crafted a visually stunning tour of the sky's most dazzling displays, including clouds, sunsets, stars, planets, meteors, and solar eclipses. One of our most intensively illustrated courses ever produced, this is a thrilling voyage, after which the sky above your head will never be the same again.
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Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe
Professor Sean Carroll
Everything we can see with our eyes and with powerful instruments—everything we think of as atom-based matter—is only 5 percent of what we know exists. The rest of the contents of the cosmos is invisible to our current methods of detection—but something out there is holding galaxies and galaxy clusters together, and something else is causing space itself to fly apart. These invisible components are dark matter and dark energy, the most eagerly studied subjects in astronomy and particle physics today.
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My Favorite Universe
Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson
What forces molded the universe? Are those forces still at work? Discover the answers to these and other startling questions about the cosmos with My Favorite Universe. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson's course is a spirited and intellectually engaging journey through our universe and its history, from before the big bang to the likely ways in which Earth—and perhaps the entire universe—might end. Explore how black holes are formed; how asteroids move through space; why the odds seem overwhelmingly in favor of extraterrestrial life; and much more. With the foundation provided by this magnificent course, the realities of the universe will be revealed in stark—and often violent—beauty.
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New Frontiers: Modern Perspectives on Our Solar System
Professor Frank Summers
A visually stunning investigation into what we know about the solar system today, New Frontiers: Modern Perspectives on Our Solar System shows you just how much more there is to uncover about our true place among the stars. Dr. Frank Summers, an astrophysicist and one of the nation's top astronomy educators, gives you an entirely new model with which to view the solar system. Take an unforgettable journey through the fascinating discoveries of our space-age solar system as revealed by detailed diagrams, amazing computer animations, and spectacular images from cutting-edge telescopes and unmanned spacecraft.
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Black Holes Explained
Professor Alex Filippenko
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. Black Holes Explained finally makes this awe-inspiring cosmological subject graspable—in just 12 lavishly illustrated lectures. You'll discover the secrets of photon spheres, event horizons, Einstein rings, and other concepts involved in the study of black holes. No movie matches distinguished astronomer and Professor Alex Filippenko's absorbing presentation of the actual science behind these amazing objects.
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Superstring Theory: The DNA of Reality
Professor S. James Gates Jr.
One of the most exciting scientific adventures of all time is the search for the ultimate nature of physical reality. The latest advance in this epic quest is string theory. Dr. S. James Gates, Jr., has presented more than 100 public talks on string theory, enhanced by a set of visual aids designed to convey to a lay audience the difficult mathematical ideas that underlie this subject. Are you eager to look over the shoulder of a prominent theorist at work—one who has a gift for explaining the subject to nonscientists? Prepare to be intrigued, enlightened, and amazed.
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