The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know. Episode 13, Forming the Milky Way and Other Galaxies
(2022, original release: 2021)
Nonfiction
eCourse
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2021
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
13178313
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames
Until 100 years ago, our Milky Way galaxy was thought to comprise the entire universe. Now we think there are roughly a trillion galaxies of various sizes and shapes in the observable universe. Investigate how astronomers reached this conclusion and how they mapped the structure and contents of the Milky Way, discovering a supermassive black hole at its center -- among other galactic attractions
Film
In Process Record
Don Lincoln
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2021
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English