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Life and death of a star. [videorecording]

The birth of a star is a spectacular event, as gravity brings together massive molecular clouds over millions of years to create these enormous galactic furnaces. The "Life and death of a star" compresses the events of billions of years into minutes, using computer imagery to show the lifespan of these massive, heavenly fireballs as they expand, contract, and finally burn out, often in stunning supernova explosions...

Subjects: Stars -- Evolution.; Stars -- Formation.; Stellar collisions.;

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The universe. [videorecording] / by Tarantino, Louis C.,producer,director.; Cohen, Douglas,producer,director.; Beemer, Rob,screenwriter,director.; Verklan, Laura M.,screenwriter,director.; Campbell, Colin,screenwriterdirector.(CARDINAL)738983; Kosa, Frank,screenwriter,director.; Hense, Jim,screenwriter,director.; Rehr, Darryl,screenwriter,director.(CARDINAL)646329; Maher, Adrian,screenwriter.; Georgalis, Savas,screenwriter.; Thompson, Erik,1959-narrator.; Amdahl, Eric,composer.; Arts and Entertainment Network.(CARDINAL)225081; History Channel (Television network)(CARDINAL)330875; History (Television network)(CARDINAL)558042; Flight 33 Productions (Firm); New Video Group.(CARDINAL)219113;

DVD ; Dolby digital stereo.Narrator, Erik Thompson.Main title theme and original music, Eric Amdahl ; directors of photography, Tom Collins, Jason Newfield, Ken Stipe, Dan Major, Eric Fisher, Tony Belko, Norm Johnston, Tim Murray, David Pryke, Jim Langley, Randy Peck ; editors, Kevin Browne, Dion Labriola, Tom Ronca, Dan Wolfmeyer, Gerard San Gemino, R.L. Shontel, Katie Smith, Lilly Posner."Journey back to the beginning of history on a mind-blowing adventure through space and time. [The series] transports viewers past the wonders of our own solar system and out to the bizarre far-flung reaches of the cosmos. From death stars to ringed planets, star clusters to space wars, The Universe uses new discoveries and more advanced CGI to help explain the mysteries of outer space. From wormholes to transports, examine which elements from popular sci-fi movies could really exist; and discover how the universe is awash in all sorts of strange liquids, from oceans of methane to blobs of alcohol floating in space, and even iron rain. Watch and marvel as experts cook up ten ways to destroy the Earth, including blowing it up with anti-matter, hurling it into the Sun, and colliding with another galaxy."--Container. Rating: TVPG.Death stars -- The day the moon was gone -- It fell from space -- Biggest blasts -- The hunt for ringed planets -- 10 ways to destroy the Earth -- The search for cosmic clusters -- Space wars -- Liquid universe -- Pulsars & quasars -- Science fiction. Science fact. -- Extreme energy.

Subjects: Television series.; Educational television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Science television programs.; Astronomy.; Cosmology.; Big bang theory.; Planetary rings.; Pulsars.; Quasars.; Space debris.; Meteors.; Stars.; Stars; Stellar collisions.; Science fiction; Force and energy.; Comets.;

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Empire of the stars : obsession, friendship, and betrayal in the quest for black holes / by Miller, Arthur I.(CARDINAL)336545;

Includes bibliographical references and index.I: The mystery of white dwarfs -- Fatal collision -- A journey between two worlds -- Rival giants of astrophysics -- Stellar buffoonery -- Into the crucibles of nature -- Eddington's discontents -- American adventure -- An era ends -- II: Stars and bombs -- How stars shine -- Supernovae in the heavens and on earth -- How the unthinkable became thinkable -- III: What happens when stars die -- The jaws of darkness -- Shuddering before the beautiful -- Into a black hole.A history of the idea of "black holes" explores the tumultuous debate over the existence of this now well-accepted phenomenon, focusing particular attention on Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

Subjects: Biographies.; Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995.; Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir, 1882-1944.; Astrophysicists; Astrophysicists; Astrophysics; Black holes (Astronomy); Hydrogen bomb.; Quantum theory.; Relativity (Physics);

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Experiencing Hubble [videorecording] : understanding the greatest images of the universe / by Meyer, David M.; Meyer, David Michael,1958-teacher.(CARDINAL)808897; Teaching Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;

Book includes bibliographical references.Lecturer: David M. Meyer, professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University.Twelve lectures by David M. Meyer, professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University, on the Hubble Space Telescope.DVD.

Subjects: Educational films.; Lectures.; Video recordings.; Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft); Astronomy.; Cosmology.; Space telescopes.;

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Of parrots and people : the sometimes funny, always fascinating, and often catastrophic collision of two intelligent species / by Tweti, Mira.(CARDINAL)491697;

Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Parrots; Human-animal relationships;

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Things that go bump in the universe : how astronomers decode cosmic chaos / by James, C. Renée,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.Prologue. Flashes of insight -- Catching cosmic fireflies -- Out of the question -- Putting the "super" in supernova -- Star-shattering energy -- The search for smoking guns -- Detecting cosmic heartbeats -- Stellar arrhythmia -- (Almost) no star is an island -- The making of a superstar -- Cloudy with a chance of neutrinos -- Not "the end" -- Collision course -- Fallen stars -- Don't blink -- Point blank -- Cats, rats, and fantastic beasts, and how to tell them apart -- Cosmic tremors -- The return of the furbies -- LIGO, we have a problem -- Impeccable timing -- All together now -- Multiple eyewitness accounts -- Furbies -- a new hope -- The first bumps in the universe -- The last hurrah."This new book explores the pioneering field of transient - or time-domain - astronomy, the incredible discoveries being made, the tools that we use to detect these cosmic events, and the aspects that continue to puzzle observers and theorists. In an engaging style accessible to the layperson, the astronomer and popular science author gives us an up-to-date overview of the "transient universe," and explains how astronomers came to see the cosmos as a dynamic place, rather than a static one"--

Subjects: Astronomy; Transients (Dynamics);

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The universe : the big bang, black holes, and blue whales / by Wood, Matthew Brenden,author.(CARDINAL)630624; Cornell, Alexis,illustrator.(CARDINAL)627366;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-117) and index.Timeline -- Introduction: Welcome to the universe -- It begins with a bang -- Great galaxies -- Stellar stars -- Plentiful planets -- The living Earth -- Into the future."Embark on an . . . journey that starts with the Big Bang and takes you all the way to the end of the universe . . . take a look billions of years into the past and discover the mind-bending early moments of the universe, the rise of the first stars, and the formation of the earliest galaxies. Explore the birth our sun and solar system and the formation of the only place in the universe known to support life: the earth. Finally, we'll zoom billions of years into the future to learn about the death of the sun, a colossal collision of galaxies, and even the fate of the universe itself"--Google Books.1110L

Subjects: Creative nonfiction.; Illustrated works.; Instructional and educational works.; Young adult.; Astronomy; Cosmology;

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Asteroids, comets, and meteorites : cosmic invaders of the earth / by Erickson, Jon,1948-(CARDINAL)333325;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.

Subjects: Asteroids.; Comets.; Meteorites.;

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Neutron stars : the quest to understand the zombies of the cosmos / by Moskvitch, Katia,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.A collision that shook the cosmos: Deeper dive: the origin of gold -- Deeper dive: why was the kilonova blue? Discovering neutron stars...and little green men? Deeper dive: the interstellar medium, home of neutron stars. When stars go boom: Deeper dive: pulsar kicks -- Deeper dive: the death of massive stars. Zombies and starquakes: Deeper dive: the multibeam -- Deeper dive: the exotic world of x-ray sources -- Deeper dive: pulsar timing. Journey to the center of a neutron star -- How neutron stars keep spoiling dark matter theories -- When pulsars have planets -- Giant scientific tools of the universe: Deeper dive: Kepler's laws and beyond -- Fast radio bursts, an unfinished chapter."Neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of exploded stellar giants, are among the most fascinating objects in the cosmos. Katia Moskvitch introduces readers to their astonishing qualities and follows the scientists who are discovering what neutron stars can tell us about the mysteries of dark matter, black holes, and general relativity"--

Subjects: Neutron stars.; Pulsars.;

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The historical atlas of the earth : a visual exploration of the earth's physical past / by Osborne, Roger,1954-(CARDINAL)330663; Tarling, D. H.(Donald Harvey)(CARDINAL)330662; Gould, Stephen Jay.(CARDINAL)148584;

Includes bibliographical references (page 191) and index.Big bang to stellar space : birth of the universe -- Meteorites, asteroids & comets : clues to origins of the Earth -- Formation of planets : Solid worlds from solar nebula -- moon : Earth's dead satellite -- Motions in the earth : active forces beneath the crust -- Earth's magnetic field : dynamo in the core -- Making of continents : beginnings of a solid crust -- Atmosphere & oceans : Earth's life support system -- Archean world : Earth 4,000 to 2,500 million years ago -- Origins of life : a chance combination -- Making of rocks : solid rock from sediment -- Proterozoic world : Earth 2,500 to 550 million years ago -- Early life & fossil record : discovering the past in the present -- Early glaciations : Earth cools & freezes -- Evolutionary explosion : early marine life of Burgess Shale -- Cambrian world : Earth 550 million to 500 million years ago -- Shells & skeletons : guides to history to life on Earth -- Ordovician world : Earth 500 to 440 million years ago -- Silurian world : Earth 440 to 410 million years ago -- Caledonian mountains : Europe & North America in collision -- Devonian world : Earth 410 to 350 million years ago -- Life onto land : plants & animals move from sea to land -- Lower Carboniferous world : Earth 350 to 315 million years ago -- Limestone : chemical deposition of carbonates -- Upper Carboniferous World : Earth 315 to 290 million years ago -- Great swamp forests : coal from vegetation in Pennsylvania & Northern Europe -- Appalachians : shaping of North America -- Metals in the earth : sedimentary ores in Mississippi valley -- Permian world : Earth 290 to 250 million years ago -- Gondwanaland glaciations in Permian : ice ages of Late Paleozoic -- Mass extinctions of marine life : end of Paleozoic era -- Europe & Asia joined : Ural Mountains & Siberian Traps -- Triassic world : Earth 250 to 210 million years ago -- Desert sandstone : northern continents turn hot & dry.The Historical Atlas of the Earth is the first atlas ever published for the general reader that shows the history of the earth since its formation by revealing the past as an ever-changing succession of worlds. Where previous geological atlases have focused on rocks and fossils, this volume places the chronological development of the earth at the heart of its subject. Each spread deals with a particular period or event in the evolution of the planet, from the Big Bang to the evolution of humans and their effect on the planet. The Historical Atlas of the Earth is a fascinating journey through the history of our planet. Using maps and illustrations to reconstruct the changing geography of the earth, the atlas combines the latest scientific data with a nontechnical approach to this extraordinary story. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the past - and future - of the world we inhabit.

Subjects: Historical geology.; Historical geology; Paleontology.; Paleontology;

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