Astronomy
(DVD)
Published
[Haymarket, Va.?] : Cerebellum Corporation, [2001].
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (2 hr., 14 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.
Status
Downtown Reno Library - DVD / Blu-rays
DVD VIDEO 520 AST
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DVD VIDEO 520 AST
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown Reno Library - DVD / Blu-rays | DVD VIDEO 520 AST | On Shelf |
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Published
[Haymarket, Va.?] : Cerebellum Corporation, [2001].
Format
DVD
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Instructional program.
General Note
Program content: c1999-c2000.
General Note
"DVD requirements: DVD player, or Mac or PC with DVD movie capabilities"--Set container.
General Note
Part 2 is referred to in program as: Solar system boogaloo 2.
Creation/Production Credits
Videographers, Alpesh Patel, Tony Deller ; supervising editor, Glenn Walton ; consultants, Richard Berendzen, William Parke.
Participants/Performers
Featuring the Standard Deviants.
Description
An overview of astronomy, in two parts, presented in a lively manner. Part 1 covers: the history of astronomy; the celestial sphere; zenith and nadir; Ptolemy; the Copernican revolution; Kepler's Laws; Galileo; Newton; gravity; Planck's Law; properties of light and the spectrum; Doppler effect; telescopes; the earth; the moon. Part 2 covers: Mercury; Venus; Mars and its satellites; Jupiter and its Satellites; asteroids; cosmic abundance; Saturn and Titan; Neptune and Triton; Uranus and Miranda; Pluto and Charon; comets; meteoroids; solar wind; solar flares; layers of the sun (core, radiative zone, convective zone, photosphere, chromosphere, corona); fusion; proton-proton cycle; hydrostatic equilibrium; sunspots; prominences.
System Details
DVD ; full screen.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Paucek, C., Rena, J., Mintz, D., Ballivian, N., Torgeson, I., Berendzen, R., Parke, W. C., Patel, A., Deller, T., Walton, G., & Fetner, C. (2001). Astronomy (Full screen.). Cerebellum Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chip. Paucek et al.. 2001. Astronomy. Cerebellum Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chip. Paucek et al.. Astronomy Cerebellum Corporation, 2001.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Paucek, Chip., et al. Astronomy Full screen., Cerebellum Corporation, 2001.
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