Astronomy (5 Parts)

Synopsis: The 161st Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series, given by Professor Malcolm Longair, Astronomer Royal of Scotland, on the origin and evolution of the universe.
Series: Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, The: Series
Language: English
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 50 min.
Year of production: 1990
Availability: Sale; 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) series
Notes: Broadcast on BBC 2 on 22-29 Dec 1990 and 2-3 Jan 1991.
Subjects: Astronomy
Keywords: cosmology; stars; universe

Director

Stuart McDonald

Producer

William Woollard

Cast

Malcolm Longair

Title: Grand design, The
Synopsis: 1: A grand tour that begins in our own solar system and ends at the very edge of the universe, showing the different views that we get from looking at the universe through different wavelengths.
Title: Birth of the stars, The
Synopsis: 2: Most of the invisible light in the universe is starlight. Enquires about the nature of stars, how they are born, how they generate their immense energy, how they fade and die.
Title: Origin of quasars, The
Synopsis: 3: Looks at the discovery or quasars, resulting from the development of radio astronomy after World War 2. Later discoveries included black holes and pulsars, potentially the most powerful sources of energy in the universe.
Title: Origin of the galaxies, The
Synopsis: 4: Astronomers believe that they understand the great cosmic cycle of the birth, life and death of stars, but some great questions remain, such as how the great gas clouds from which stars may form came about.
Title: Origin of the universe, The
Synopsis: 5: Illustrates how modern particle physics - the pursuit of the very small - is providing some remarkable new theories to explain the evolution of the very large.

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