Introduction to Astrophysics. Episode 17, White Dwarfs
(2019, original release: 2018)
Nonfiction
eCourse
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2018
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (34 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6943642
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Discover the fate of solar mass stars after they exhaust their nuclear fuel. The galaxies are teeming with these dim "white dwarfs" that pack the mass of the Sun into a sphere roughly the size of Earth. Venture into quantum theory to understand what keeps these exotic stars from collapsing into black holes, and learn about the Chandrasekhar limit, which determines a white dwarf's maximum mass
Film
In Process Record
Joshua N. Winn
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2018
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English