Radio Astronomy: Observing the Invisible Universe
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Explore the thrilling world of pulsars, quasars, and supermassive black holes with an active radio astronomer.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Radio Astronomy and the Invisible Universe
- 02: Thermal Radio Emission: The Planets
- 03: The Birth of Radio Astronomy
- 04: The Discovery of Interstellar Hydrogen
- 05: Radio Telescopes and How They Work
- 06: Mapping the Hydrogen Sky
- 07: Tour of the Green Bank Observatory
- 08: Tour of the Green Bank Telescope
- 09: Hydrogen and the Structure of Galaxies
- 10: Pulsars: Clocks in Space
- 11: Pulsars and Gravity
- 12: Pulsars and the 300-Foot Telescope
- 13: The Big Bang: The Oldest Radio Waves
- 14: H II Regions and the Birth of Stars
- 15: Supernovas and the Death of Stars
- 16: Radio Stars and Early Interferometers
- 17: Radio Source Counts
- 18: Active Galactic Nuclei and the VLA
- 19: A Telescope as Big as the Earth
- 20: Galaxies and Their Gas
- 21: Interstellar Molecular Clouds
- 22: Star Formation and ALMA
- 23: Interstellar Chemistry and Life
- 24: The Future of Radio Astronomy
- 25: Three New Discoveries
Taught by
Felix J. Lockman, Ph.D.
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