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Title:

400 years of the telescope [videorecording] : a journey of science, technology and thought / PBS ; An Interstellar Studios production ; executive producers, Dan Koehler and Kris Koenig ; produced and directed by Kris Koenig ; writers, Donald Goldsmith, Kris Koenig and Albert Van Helden ; director, Kris Koenig.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2009, 2008

Description:

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Telescopes.
Space telescopes.
Copernicus, Nicolaus,--1473-1543.
Galilei, Galileo,--1564-1642.
Discoveries in science.
Cosmology.
Astronomy.
Astronomical observatories.
Science television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs.

Other Authors:

Koenig, Kris.
Goldsmith, Donald.
Van Helden, Albert.
Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
Slater, Mark.
Pereira, Frank L.
London Symphony Orchestra.
Interstellar Studios.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Home Video.

Notes:

Narrator, Neil DeGrasse Tyson ; Galileo voices, Stefano Lecci, Francesca Gianni. Originally broadcast on PBS in 2008.

Summary:

"The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy - a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe." - Container.

ISBN:

9780793670482
0793670489

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317890000

UPC:

841887010498

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)