How Do Red Giants Make Carbon?
- Synopsis
- Historical account of the formation of carbon-12. Nuclear astrophysics suddenly ‘took off’ as a science in the early 1950s when some exciting experiments brought nearer an understanding of nuclear processes in stars. The programme is filmed at the home of Professor Sir Fred Hoyle near Ullswater in the Lake District and at Caltech in Pasadena, California. Using animation, Dr Alan Cooper presents the nuclear physics involved.
- Series
- Matter in the Universe, Course S256
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
- Year of production
- 1984
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
- Uses
- Undergraduate courses in advanced stellar structure.*
- Subjects
- Astronomy
- Keywords
- astrophysics; carbon; stars
Credits
- Producer
- David Jackson
- Cast
Alan Cooper
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Open University Worldwide
- Web
- http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 1908 274066
- Address
- Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA - Notes
- NB. As of May 2016 Open University Worldwide are no longer distributing DVDs. They have posted this message on their website: ‘Unfortunately Open University Worldwide Limited has decided that product sales are no longer viable given the reduced funding to Higher Education institutions and diminishing demand for the products we have traditionally stocked. At present the Open University Students Association (OUSA) will continue to sell the "Good Study Guide", and we are in discussion with other possible distributors to continue to make The Open University’s products available for purchase. As soon as we have any information on other channels of distribution we will update this notice’. Some products are still available via second hand dealers on Amazon.co.uk
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