Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics

Lecturer: Professor Keivan G. Stassun, Vaderbilt University

Follow a spectacular story in 24 beautifully illustrated, half-hour lectures that lead you through the essential ideas of astrophysics - the science of stars. Hear lively, eloquent, and authoritative explanations at a level suitable for science novices as well as for those who already know their way around the starry sky

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Why the Stellar Life Cycle Matters

Episode 2

The Stars' Information Messenger

Episode 3

Measuring the Stars with Light

Episode 4

Stellar Nurseries

Episode 5

Gravitational Collapse and Protostars

Episode 6

The Dynamics of Star Formation

Episode 7

Solar Systems in the Making

Episode 8

Telescopes - Our Eyes on the Stars

Episode 9

Mass - The DNA of Stars

Episode 10

Eclipses of Stars - Truth in the Shadows

Episode 11

Stellar Families

Episode 12

A Portrait of Our Star, the Sun

Episode 13

E = mc2 - Energy for a Star's Life

Episode 14

Stars in Middle Age

Episode 15

Stellar Death

Episode 16

Stellar Corpses - Diamonds in the Sky

Episode 17

Dying Breaths - Cepheids and Supernovae

Episode 18

Supernova Remnants and Galactic Geysers

Episode 19

Stillborn Stars

Episode 20

The Dark Mystery of the First Stars

Episode 21

Stars as Magnets

Episode 22

Solar Storms - The Perils of Life with a Star

Episode 23

The Stellar Recipe of Life

Episode 24

A Tale of Two Stars