Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition. Episode 84 The Afterglow of the Big Bang
(2025, original release: 2007)

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eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

Details

PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2007
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2025
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
15080018
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

An accidental discovery in 1965 overturned the steady-state theory of the Universe, an alternative to the Big Bang theory. The detection of a uniform microwave glow in all directions was exactly what was expected if the Universe was hot and dense long ago

Film

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Alex Filippenko

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2007

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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