Great Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy. Episode 8, Discovering the Cosmic Microwave Background
(2022, original release: 2021)

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eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2021
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
13413064
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

What began as a faint hiss soon became one of the most crucial signals being studied in astronomy today. In this episode on the cosmic microwave background (CMB), discover how detector designs, satellite observations, and other heroic efforts have shaped our understanding of the entire universe, from its age to the way it behaves today

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Emily Levesque

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2021

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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