These video lectures were recorded by author Jay Pasachoff as overviews of each chapter. The videos will play on a video iPod (or most portable video players) or on a computer (with iTunes or QuickTime, which are free downloads).
These files have been compressed for quicker download. To open a compressed file, you will need a utility to uncompress it. If you do not have a utility on your computer, PC and Mac users can download WinZip.
Chapter |
Title |
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1 |
A Grand Tour of the Heavens |
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2 |
Light, Matter, and Energy: Powering the Universe |
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3 |
Light and Telescopes: Extending Our Senses |
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4 |
Observing the Stars and Planets |
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5 |
Gravity and Motion: The Early History of Astronomy |
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6 |
The Terrestrial Planets |
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7 |
The Jovian Planets: Windswept Giants |
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8 |
Pluto, Comets, and Space Debris |
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9 |
Our Solar System and Others |
coming soon |
10 |
Our Star: The Sun |
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11 |
Stars: Distant Suns -- Part I |
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11 |
Stars: Distant Suns -- Part II |
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12 |
How Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces |
coming soon |
13 |
The Death of Stars: Stellar Recycling |
coming soon |
14 |
Black Holes: The End of Space and Time |
coming soon |
15 |
The Milky Way: Our Home in the Universe |
coming soon |
16 |
A Universe of Galaxies |
coming soon |
17 |
Quasars and Active Galaxies |
coming soon |
18 |
Cosmology: The Birth and Life of the Cosmos |
coming soon |
19 |
In the Beginning |
coming soon |
20 |
Life in the Universe | coming soon |
Video Lectures for other chapters will be added as they are available.