| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (enhanced for 16:9 televisions); Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Neil DeGrasse Tyson ; Galileo voices, Stefano Lecci, Francesca Gianni. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Scott Stender ; astrophotographer, Kris Koenig ; director of animation, Frank L. Pereira ; editor, Kimberly Generous White ; music composed by Mark Slater and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS in 2008. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
"The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy - a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe." - Container. |
| Terms Of Use |
Includes limited public performance rights, whereby this video may be shown in a classroom, screened by a public group that is not charged for admission, or transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or a single campus. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Telescopes.
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Space telescopes.
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Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
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Discoveries in science.
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Cosmology.
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Astronomy.
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Astronomical observatories.
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| Genre/Form |
Science television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Koenig, Kris.
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Goldsmith, Donald.
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Van Helden, Albert.
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Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
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Slater, Mark.
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Pereira, Frank L.
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London Symphony Orchestra.
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Interstellar Studios.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
Four-hundred years of the telescope |
| Note |
Journey of science, technology and thought |
| ISBN |
0793670489 |
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9780793670482 |
| Standard No. |
841887010498 |
| Music No. |
FYET601 PBS Home Video |
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