New frontiers. Part 1 of 2 : modern perspectives on our solar system / taught by Professor Frank Summers.

Title:

ISBN:

9781598034363

Publication Information:

Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, [2008]

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (72 pages) ; 19 cm.

General Note:

Course no. 1823.

Lectures 1-12 of 24 lectures on 2 discs.

Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.

DVD format.

Contents:

Part 1: -- Lecture 1: -- The 21st century solar system -- Lecture 2: -- Geometry of the heavens -- Lecture 3: -- Truth, beauty, and heliocentrism -- Lecture 4: -- Deducing the laws of motion -- Lecture 5: -- Planetary predictions and scientific theory -- Lecture 6: -- From observational evidence to discoveries -- Lecture 7: -- The space age solar system -- Lecture 8: -- The star of our solar system -- Lecture 9: -- Planetary surfaces and natural wonders -- Lecture 10: -- Craters, impacts, and cataclysms -- Lecture 11: -- Journey to the centers of planets -- Lecture 12: -- Structure and behavior of atmospheres.

Geographic Term:

Solar system -- Study and teaching.

Solar system -- Origin

Subject Term:

Planets -- Study and teaching.

Added Author:

Summers, Frank

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company

Series Title:

Great courses (DVD)

Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.