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Hadron colliders.
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Filippenko, Alexei V.
Black holes (Astronomy)
Supermassive stars.
Galaxies.
Quasars.
Hadron colliders.
Milky Way.
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Black holes explained [videorecording (DVD)] / Alex Filippenko.
by
Filippenko, Alexei V.
Teaching Co., c2009.
Call #:
DVD 523.8875 F483b
Subjects
Black holes (Astronomy)
Supermassive
stars
.
Galaxies.
Quasars.
Hadron colliders.
Milky Way.
Series
Great courses (DVD)
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Astronomy.
ISBN:
9781598035896 (set)
Alternate title:
Great Courses. Black holes explained [videorecording (DVD)]
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
2 videodiscs (ca. 6 hrs.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 84 p. ; 19 cm.).
Notes:
"12 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Book contains lecture transcripts and outlines, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Home use only.
Contents:
Disc 1. 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.
Disc 2. Gravitational waves: ripple in space-time -- The wildest ride in the universe -- Shortcuts throught the universe and beyond? -- Stephen Hawking and black hole evaporation -- Black holes and the holographic universe -- Black holes and the large Hadron Collider.
Performers:
Lecturer, Professor Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley.
Summary:
These twelve half-hour lectures strive to explain black holes with a broad overview, explaining some of the main concepts and defining terms.
Genre:
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
DVDs.
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Teaching Company.
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