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Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Description
Ninety-six lectures, divided into ten sections, are designed to provide a non-technical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. Updated edition integrates discoveries reported in the 2003 course and includes recent findings (through mid-2006).
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Nearly everyone has heard of black holes, but few people outside of complex scientific fields understand their true nature and their implications for our universe. This lecture course makes this cosmological subject graspable, with 12 lavishly illustrated lectures by veteran Great Courses Professor Alex Filippenko, a distinguished astronomer and award-winning teacher at the University of California, Berkeley.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The black hole (2005, 90 min.): It's 2 a.m. in St. Louis when a routine scientific experiment goes horribly wrong, unleashing a destructive, alien force and triggering a massive black hole over the city. Mass chaos reigns as scientist Eric Bryce scrambles to find a way to obliterate the alien and the colossal black hole before mankind in annihilated.
Supernova (2006, 172 min.): An astrophysicist has made a cataclysmic discovery: the sun is set to...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"A young boy loses his dog to a mysterious black hole in his backyard, a portal which leads to another dimension of our universe. He must rely on his friends and dysfunctional family to get the dog back and close the portal before it creates a rift that might destroy both universes"--Container.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence, the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. Who or what are we? Are we alone? How did life begin? What happened before? The series brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science to reveal the extraordinary truth of our universe.
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The black hole: Following a scientific mishap, mankind is faced with total annihilation as a threatening black hole appears over St. Louis. Now, time is running out to obliterate the black hole and the electricity feeding alien it has unleashed.
The last sentinel: In the future, war is now a way of life, and those that are sworn to serve and protect are killing off the population. Now it's up to humanity to unite and fight the final battle for ultimate...
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