Directed by The Great Courses

Joshua N. Winn

Plunge into the exciting quest to investigate everything beyond Earth through the laws of physics. Introduction to Astrophysics takes you step by step through the calculations that show how planets, stars, and galaxies work. In 24 episodes by noted astrophysicist Professor Joshua Winn, you'll tour a universe of exploding stars, colliding black holes, dark matter, and other wonders

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Zooming Out to Distant Galaxies

Episode 2

Zooming In to Fundamental Particles

Episode 3

Making Maps of the Cosmos

Episode 4

The Physics Demonstration in the Sky

Episode 5

Newton's Hardest Problem

Episode 6

Tidal Forces

Episode 7

Black Holes

Episode 8

Photons and Particles

Episode 9

Comparative Planetology

Episode 10

Optical Telescopes

Episode 11

Radio and X-Ray Telescopes

Episode 12

The Message in a Spectrum

Episode 13

The Properties of Stars

Episode 14

Planets around Other Stars

Episode 15

Why Stars Shine

Episode 16

Simple Stellar Models

Episode 17

White Dwarfs

Episode 18

When Stars Grow Old

Episode 19

Supernovas and Neutron Stars

Episode 20

Gravitational Waves

Episode 21

The Milky Way and Other Galaxies

Episode 22

Dark Matter

Episode 23

The First Atoms and the First Nuclei

Episode 24

The History of the Universe