My Favorite Universe

...with Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Enjoy the lecturing of Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson, a Princeton graduate in the field of astrophysics, who will take you on a captivating and intellectually stimulating trip through the history of the universe. Professor Tyson is the director of one of the nation's top planetariums, and uses his vast knowledge to inform the viewer on everything from pre-Big Bang to how and when the earth and universe may end.

Professor Tyson makes the lecture funny, always interesting, and truly has a contagious interest in this fascinating topic that really appeals to anyone who wants to learn more about where our earth came from. He uses density, quantum theory, gravity, the General Theory of Relativity, as well as several other principles of physics to explain and support his intriguing lectures. This DVD is the perfect combination of learning and being entertained simultaneously.

You learn about the following facts, which are all well-supported with evidence:
* What created, and what will eventually destroy Saturn's rings
* The importance of low-density conditions in producing the drama of the northern and southern auroras
* Why even the most jagged and wild of the Earth's mountain ranges are, from a cosmic standpoint, really part of a perfectly smooth sphere
* What black holes are and what effect they can have on our universe
* Why many asteroids moving through space present a huge threat to earth
* Why the seemingly infinite panorama of celestial bodies revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope's famous "Deep Field" intrigued astronomers
* What process astronomers go through to actually find new planets
* Why there is a huge possibility that there is life existing off of earth

So learn and be entertained as Dr. Tyson takes you on a wild ride through our universe, from it's very beginnings up until present day. His enthusiastic lecturing skills and love for astronomy will certainly captivate you and keep you on the edge of your seat.

(about 360 minutes)

This video was added to our catalog on June 07, 2007 in Academic::Science: Physics & Engineering.

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