Radio Astronomy. Episode 4, The Discovery of Interstellar Hydrogen
(2019, original release: 2017)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6726010
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Not long after the birth of radio astronomy, a Dutch student used what was then known about the physics of atoms to determine that if hydrogen existed in interstellar space, it would produce a specific spectral line at radio wavelengths. In 1951, the line was detected at 21 cm, exactly as predicted. At that moment, our understanding of the universe forever changed
Film
In Process Record
Felix J. Lockman
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2017
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English