Four different classes from The Great Courses Series that cover the Universe and the Stars. The first is Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe. This course has course has 12 lectures on 2 DVDs, with a Course Guidebook. It also comes with Downloadable PDF of the course guidebook and you get FREE video streaming of the course from their website and mobile apps. This set is in Brand New condition and is still in its original plastic wrapping. This set retails for $339.95. It is taught by Dr. David M. Meyer who is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University, where he is also Director of the Dearborn Observatory and Co-Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics. He earned his B.S. in Astrophysics from the University of Wisconsin, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of California, Los Angeles. The second is The Life and Death of Stars. This course has course has 24 lectures on 4 DVDs, with a Course Guidebook. It also comes with Downloadable PDF of the course guidebook and you get FREE video streaming of the course from their website and mobile apps. This set is in like new condition. This set retails for $339.95. It is taught by Dr. Keivan G. Stassun who is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt University. He earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a postdoctoral research fellow with the NASA Hubble Space Telescope Program before joining the faculty at Vanderbilt. The third is Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe. This course has course has 36 lectures on 6 DVDs, with a Course Guidebook. It also comes with Downloadable PDF of the course guidebook and you get FREE video streaming of the course from their website and mobile apps. This set is in Brand New condition and is still in its original plastic wrapping. This set retails for $469.95. It is taught by Dr. Mark Whittle who is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Virginia, where he has been teaching since 1986. He teaches on the solar system, stars, galaxies, cosmology, and observing techniques. He also gives frequent public lectures, and he is committed to community outreach on all areas of astronomy, particularly cosmology. The fourth is My Favorite Universe. This course has course has 12 lectures on 2 DVDs, with a Course Guidebook. It also comes with Downloadable PDF of the course guidebook and you get FREE video streaming of the course from their website and mobile apps. This set is in Brand New condition and is still in its original plastic wrapping. This set retails for $219.95. It is taught by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson who is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He is also a research associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the museum. Professor Tyson earned his undergraduate degree in Physics from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Columbia University. Dr. Tyson has written prolifically for the public, including a series of essays in Natural History magazine on which his previous Great Course, My Favorite Universe, is based., , LOT REF #24-040

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