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Black holes / by Bloomer, Ed,Author(DLC)no2022048932; Royal Observatory, Greenwich,Issuing body(DLC)n 81113094 ;
Includes bibliographical references.An expert astronomer explains the phenomenon. Black holes. What even are they? In brief, a black hole is a region of spacetime so curved by gravity that even light cannot escape it. Peculiar objects, and notoriously difficult to understand, black holes are a fascinating fusion of the simple and the complex. Although the mathematics of their behavior is fiendishly difficult, we can explore the subject by starting with basic principles and straightforward thought experiments. Read on to uncover what's inside a black hole, how scientists discovered this amazing phenomenon, what to do if you find yourself falling into one, and--since no one is likely to turn up and help (you'll find out why)--what you need to do to escape! The author dispels common myths about black holes, provides guidance on how to win several Nobel prizes, and reveals the eventual fate of the Universe (maybe). Black Holes is part of the Illuminates series of short, accessible books that examine amazing aspects of space, brought to you by Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Compact objects (Astronomy); Gravitational collapse.;
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Monster of the Milky Way / by Cort, Juliadirectorproducerauthor.(DLC)no2001085332; Grupper, Jonathan,author.(DLC)n 96027468(CARDINAL)210882; Lucas, Thomas,(Television producer and director)directorproducer.(DLC)n 85184424; Cominsky, Lynndirector.(DLC)no2018154469; Hamilton, Andrewactordirector.(DLC)n 86085198(CARDINAL)757610; Apsell, Paula S.producer.(DLC)n 88614222; Schreiber, Liev(DLC)no 95060510(CARDINAL)219166; McNamara, Brian,1967-actor.(DLC)no 00071838; Becklin, E. E.,(Eric E.),1940-actor.(DLC)n 87933002; Tyson, Neil deGrasse,actor.(DLC)n 88297103(CARDINAL)339562; Benford, Gregory,1941-actor.(DLC)n 80006306(CARDINAL)509870; Thorne, Kip S.actor.(DLC)n 83826321(CARDINAL)736301; Ghez, Andrea Mia,1965-actor.(DLC)n 95070019(CARDINAL)392425; McCabe, Dan.(DLC)n 94082968; Morseberger, Rob,musical director.(DLC)no2007036029; Plait, Philip,1964-(DLC)nb2002014266(CARDINAL)422193; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)production company.(DLC)n 86134532 (CARDINAL)189964; Thomas Lucas Productionsdirectorproducer.(DLC)n 2001131009; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(DLC)n 80089989 (CARDINAL)154259; WGBH Video (Firm)(DLC)no 97033628 (CARDINAL)268015;
DVD-ROM features: Teaching materials (PDF) -- A link to the Nova Web site.Editor, Dan McCabe ; music, Rob Morseberger ; science consultant, Phil Plait.Narrator, Liev Schreiber ; featured experts, Brian McNamara, Eric Becklin, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gregory Benford, Andrew Hamilton, Kip Thorne, Andrea Ghez.Astronomers and astrophysicists discuss a supermassive black hole that has been discovered in the Milky Way galaxy.TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated.DVD; Region 1; letterboxed presentation; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Television programs.; Films for the hearing impaired.; Films for people with visual disabilities.; Documentary; Science television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Black holes (Astronomy); Black holes (Astronomy); Gravitational collapse.; Galactic dynamics.;
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Understanding the universe [videorecording] : an introduction to astronomy / by Filippenko, Alexei V.,teacher.(CARDINAL)683226; Teaching Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Guide includes bibliography.Producer, Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisor, Jay Tate ; director, Jon Leven ; camera, Jim Allen, Alexis Doty, Lonnie Anderson, Jack Dierken, Jared Bourgeouis, Will Savage.Lecturer, Alex Filippenko.Ninety-six lectures, divided into ten sections, are designed to provide a non-technical description of modern astronomy, including the structure and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. Updated edition integrates discoveries reported in the 2003 course and includes recent findings (through mid-2006).College students and adults.
Subjects: Educational films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Science films.; Astronomy.; Black holes (Astronomy); Cosmology.; Expanding universe.; Extrasolar planets.; Galaxies.; Giant stars.; Gravitational collapse.; Inflationary universe.; Planets.; Stars with planets.; Stars, New.;
For home use or face-to-face teaching.
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Black holes : a traveler's guide / by Pickover, Clifford A.(CARDINAL)329147;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.How to calculate a black hole's mass -- The black hole's event horizon circumference -- Black-hole tidal forces -- A black hole's gravitational lens -- A black hole's gravitational blueshift -- Gravitational time dilation -- Anatomical dissection of black holes -- Embedding diagrams for warped space-time -- Gravitational wave recoil -- Optical appearance of a collapsing star -- Gravitational distension near a black hole's heart -- Quantum foam -- Black-hole recreations -- Mathematical black holes -- Black holes evaporate -- Wormholes, cosmological doughnuts, and parallel universes -- Postscript 1: Could we be living in a black hole? -- Postscript 2: The grand internet black-hole survey.The author introduces the physics of black holes, including Fullerene space tunnels and time dilation. Also included are codes that allow you to create black holes on your own computer.
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Black holes (Astronomy);
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Black hole apocalypse [videorecording] / by DeNooyer, Rushmore,screenwriter,television director,television producer.; Galison, Peter,1955-commentator.(CARDINAL)754582; Ghez, Andrea Mia,1965-commentator.(CARDINAL)392425; Kirwan, Rob,1969-editor of moving image work.; Levin, Janna,on-screen presenter.(CARDINAL)421649; Natarajan, Priyamvada,commentator.(CARDINAL)540720; Shepheard, Ryan,editor of moving image work.; Tay, CheeWei,composer.; Tyson, Neil deGrasse,commentator.(CARDINAL)339562; ARTE France,production company.(CARDINAL)326939; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; Southpaw Productions (Firm),production company.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),production company.(CARDINAL)154259;
Just a little chirp -- The gravity café -- A star's life cycle -- Seeing the invisible -- Settling a bet -- Mysterious radio energy -- Using adaptive optics -- Feeding a Black Hole -- Direct collapse -- Event horizon telescope -- Detecting gravitational waves.Editors, Ryan Shepheard, Rob Kirwan ; composer, Chee-Wei Tay.Presenter, Janna Levin ; commentators, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Andrea Ghez, Priyamvada Natarajan, Peter Galison, Peter Galison.Originally aired on television on January 10, 2018, as an episode of Nova.Join astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin on a mind-blowing voyage to the frontiers of black hole science, which is shining new light on the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe.DVD; NTSC, Region 1; wide screen presentation; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Science television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Black holes (Astronomy);
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The life and death of stars [videorecording] / by Stassun, Keivan G.instructor; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references.Lecturer: Professor Keivan G. Stassun, Vaderbilt University.For thousands of years, stars have been the prime example of something unattainable and unknowable -- places so far away that we can learn almost nothing about them. Yet amazingly, astronomers have been able to discover exactly what stars are made of, how they are born, how they shine, how they die, and how they play a surprisingly direct role in our lives. Over the past century, this research has truly touched the stars, uncovering the essential nature of the beautiful panoply of twinkling lights that spans the night sky.DVD; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
Subjects: Astronomy.; Cosmology.; Stars;
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Our solar system / by Sparrow, Giles,1970-author.(CARDINAL)341377;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The sun's family -- The Sun -- Mercury and Venus -- Our planet -- The Moon -- Mars -- The asteroid belt -- Jupiter -- Saturn, Uranus and Neptune -- Pluto and beyond -- You know? -- Your questions answered."In a mind-bogglingly vast universe, our solar system feels like a comparatively cozy home, perched out on one of the outer arms of the spiral Milky Way galaxy. Formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud, it is comprised of eight terrestrial and gaseous planets, several hundred dwarf planets, nearly five hundred moons, and other small bodies such as asteroid belts, comets, and dust clouds. Chock full of breathtaking satellite imagery, meticulously detailed computer renderings, diagrams, infographics, and the latest discoveries, readers are treated to a wealth of mind-blowing facts, images, and data. They will gain familiarity with our home solar system while also becoming curious about what lies beyond our threshold in deep space."--K to grade 3.FAccelerated Reader AR
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Dark is the sun [sound recording] / by Farmer, Philip José. (CARDINAL)514015; Rogers, Rebecca.;
Read by Rebecca Rogers. "Fifteen billion years from now, Earth is a dying planet, its skies darkened by the ashes of burned-out galaxies, its molten core long cooled. The sunless planet is nearing the day of final gravitational collapse in the surrounding galaxy. Mutations and evolution have led to a great disparity of life-forms, while civilization has resorted to the primitive. Young Deyv of the Turtle Tribe knew nothing of his world's history or its fate. He lived only to track down the wretched Yawtl who had stolen his precious Soul Egg. Joined by other victims of the same thief--the feisty Vana and the plant-man Sloosh--he sets off across a nightmare landscape of monster-haunted jungle and wetland. Their search leads them ultimately to the jeweled wasteland of the Shemibob, an ageless being from another star who knows Earth's end is near and holds the only key to escape"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Audiobooks. ; Fiction. ; Monsters -- Fiction. ; Monsters. ; Mutation (Biology) ; Mutation (Biology) -- Fiction. ; Planets -- Fiction. ; Planets. ;
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A brief history of time [videorecording] / by Bafaloukos, Ted,production designer.; Bailey, John,1942 August 10-cinematographer.(CARDINAL)813757; Czapsky, Stefan,cinematographer.; Fuller, Brad(Bradley),film editor.(CARDINAL)788017; Glass, Philip,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)724904; Hawking, Stephen,1942-; Hickman, David,film producer.; Morris, Errol,film director.(CARDINAL)436326; Anglia Television.; Criterion Collection (Firm)(CARDINAL)348269; Janus Films.;
Eleven ways -- A complicated mind -- One thousand hours -- Cold year -- Reprieved -- Penrose's discovery -- Black holes -- God plays dice -- Gravitational forces -- Time -- Equalizer -- The big crunch -- Infinite possibilities -- Color bars.Directors of photography, John Bailey, Stefan Czapsky ; editor, Brad Fuller ; original music composed by Philip Glass ; music produced by Kurt Munkasci ; production designer, Ted Bafaloukos ; executive producer, Gordon Freedman.Stephen Hawking.Errol Morris (The Fog of War) turns his camera on one of the most fascinating men in the world: the pioneering astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, afflicted by a debilitating motor neuron disease that has left him without a voice or the use of his limbs. An adroitly crafted tale of personal adversity, professional triumph, and cosmological inquiry, Morris's documentary examines the way the collapse of Hawking's body has been accompanied by the untrammeled broadening of his imagination.MPAA rating: G.DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio, 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hawking, Stephen, 1942-; Astrophysicists; Cosmology.;
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The devil and Sherlock Holmes : tales of murder, madness, and obsession / by Grann, David,author.(CARDINAL)491198;
Collection of the journalist's articles previously published in various periodicals."Whether he's reporting on the infiltration of the murderous Aryan Brotherhood into the U.S. prison system, tracking down a con artist in Europe, or riding with a scientist hunting the elusive giant squid, David Grann revels in telling stories that explore the nature of obsession. Each of the stories in this collection reveals a hidden and often dangerous world, pivoting around the gravitational pull of obsession and the captivating personalities of those caught in its grip. There is the world's foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes, found dead in mysterious circumstances; an arson sleuth trying to prove that a man about to be executed is innocent; and sandhogs racing to complete the dangerous job of building New York City's water tunnels before the old system collapses. Throughout, Grann's accounts display the power--and often the willful perversity--of the human spirit, a mosaic of ambition, madness, passion, and folly" --Part one. "Any truth is better than indefinite doubt" -- Mysterious circumstances: the strange death of a Sherlock Holmes fanatic -- Trial by fire: did Texas execute an innocent man? -- The chameleon: the many lives of Frédérick Bourdin -- True crime: a postmodern murder mystery -- Which way did he run: the fireman who forgot 9/11 -- Part two. "A strange enigma is man!" -- The squid hunter: chasing the sea's most elusive creature -- City of water: can an antiquated maze of tunnels continue to sustain New York? -- The old man and the gun: the secrets of a legendary stickup man -- Stealing time: why Ricky Henderson won't go home -- Part three. "All that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe" -- The brand: the rise of the most dangerous prison gang in America -- Crimetown U.S.A.: the city that fell in love with the mob -- Giving the "devil" his due: the death squad real-estate agent.Read by Mark Deakins.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Case studies.; Murder; Criminals; Criminal behavior; Criminal psychology.; Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
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