Status
Available
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Genres
Collection
Publication
The Great Courses (2008), 12 hours, 24 lectures
Description
"This course explores the development of our knowledge of the solar system from the simple pondering of the motions in the sky to the latest discoveries of modern astrophysics"--Part 1 guidebook, pg. 1.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
8.4 inches
Local notes
[1] 21st century solar system [2] Geometry of heavens [3] Truth, beauty, and heliocentrism [4] Deducing laws of motion [5] Planetary predictions and scientific theory [6] From observational evidence to discoveries [7] Space-age solar system [8] Star of our solar system [9] Planetary surfaces and natural wonders [10] Craters, impacts, and cataclysms [11] Journey to centers of planets [12] Structure and behavior of atmospheres [13] Weather on other worlds [14] Solar storms and planetary consequences [15] Myriad of moons [16] Intricate ring systems of giant planets [17] Comets: interplanetary nomands [18] New outer realms: Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud [19] Pluto and definition of planet [20] Formation of solar system [21] Birthplaces of stars and planets [22] Detecting planets around other stars [23] Extrasolar planetary systems [24] Life in our solar system and beyond