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Astronomy [sound recording] : stars, galaxies, and the universe / James B. Kaler.

By: Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: UC025 | Recorded BooksSeries: Modern scholarPublication details: Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2004.Description: 7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (104 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1402557825 (text)
  • 1402557841
  • 9781402557828 (text)
  • 9781402557842
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Contents:
Lecture 1. The neighborhood -- Lecture 2. The central sun -- Lecture 3. The making of sunlight -- Lecture 4. Billions of stars -- Lecture 5. Ganging up -- Lecture 6. Between the stars -- Lecture 7. Star birth -- Lecture 8. Stellar fate -- Lecture 9. Catastrophe -- Lecture 10. Neutron stars and black holes -- Lecture 11. The galaxy -- Lecture 12. Galaxies -- Lecture 13. The expanding universe -- Lecture 14. Cosmic origins in the Big Bang.
Lectures delivered by Professor James B. Kaler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Summary: Places our local solar system into the greater context to where it all came from and what its fate may be. Examines stars, red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Audiobook Adult Audiobook Main Library Audiobook 520 K14 Available 33111003823396
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"14 lectures, 7 compact discs"--Container.

At head of container title: Recorded Books presents.

Compact discs.

Course guide includes bibliographical references.

Lecture 1. The neighborhood -- Lecture 2. The central sun -- Lecture 3. The making of sunlight -- Lecture 4. Billions of stars -- Lecture 5. Ganging up -- Lecture 6. Between the stars -- Lecture 7. Star birth -- Lecture 8. Stellar fate -- Lecture 9. Catastrophe -- Lecture 10. Neutron stars and black holes -- Lecture 11. The galaxy -- Lecture 12. Galaxies -- Lecture 13. The expanding universe -- Lecture 14. Cosmic origins in the Big Bang.

Lectures delivered by Professor James B. Kaler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Places our local solar system into the greater context to where it all came from and what its fate may be. Examines stars, red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes.

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