Bibliograph

Cosmology, the history and nature of our universe

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Cosmology, the history and nature of our universe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Cosmology

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

662527498

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Series statement

Great courses. Science & mathematics. Astronomy

Sub title

the history and nature of our universe

Summary

In his 36 lectures, professor Mark Whittle talks on knowledge of astronomy and our universe

Table Of Contents

Disc 1. Lecture 1:The journey ahead ; Lecture 2: Denizens of the universe ; Lecture 3: Overall cosmic properties ; Lecture 4: The stuff of the universe ; Lecture 5: The sweep of cosmic history ; Lecture 6: Measuring distances -- Disc 2. Lecture 7: Expansion and age ; Lecture 8: Distances, appearances, and horizons ; Lecture 9: Dark matter and dark energy--96%! ; Lecture 11: Cosmic expansion--keeping track of energy ; Lecture 12: Cosmic acceleration--falling outward. Disc 3. Lecture 13: The cosmic microwave background ; Lecture 14: Conditions during the first million years ; Lecture 15: Primordial sound--big bang acoustics ; Lecture 16: Using sound as cosmic diagnostic ; Lecture 17: Primordial roughness--seeding structure ; Lecture 18: The Dark Age--from sound to the first stars -- Disc 4. Lecture 19: Infant galaxies ; Lecture 20: From child to maturity--galaxy evolution ; Lecture 21: Giant Black Holes--construction and carnage ; Lecture 22: The galaxy web--a relic of primordial sound ; Lecture 23: Atom factories--stellar interiors ; Lecture 24: Understanding element abundances -- Disc 5. Lecture 25: Light elements--made in the Big Bang ; Lecture 26: Putting it together--the Concordance Model Lecture 27: Physics at ultrahigh temperatures ; Lecture 28: Back to a microsecond--the particle cascade ; Lecture 29: Back to the GUT--matter and forces emerge ; Lecture 30: Puzzling problems remain -- Disc 6. Lecture 31: Inflation provides the solution ; Lecture 32: The quantum origin of all structure ; Lecture 33: Inflation's stunning creativity ; Lecture 34: Fine tuning and anthropic arguments ; Lecture 35: What's next for cosmology? ; Lecture 36: A comprehensible universe?

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live action

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History and nature of our universe

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