400 years of the telescope : a journey of science, technology and thought

The Resource 400 years of the telescope : a journey of science, technology and thought
Label
400 years of the telescope : a journey of science, technology and thought
Title remainder
a journey of science, technology and thought
Statement of responsibility
PBS ; An Interstellar Studios production ; executive producers, Dan Koehler and Kris Koenig ; produced and directed by Kris Koenig ; writers, Donald Goldsmith, Kris Koenig and Albert Van Helden ; director, Kris Koenig
Title variation
  • Four-hundred years of the telescope
  • Journey of science, technology and thought
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
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
Dewey number
681.4123
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
LC call number
QB88
LC item number
.F68 2009
PerformerNote
Narrator, Neil DeGrasse Tyson ; Galileo voices, Stefano Lecci, Francesca Gianni
Runtime
57
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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