Astronomy: The Cosmic Quest

Duration: 26

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Filmline Production Associates

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Examines the frontiers of modern astronomy through the work and thoughts of a cosmologist, a radio astronomer, an astrotheorist, and a planetary scientist. Focuses on Jim Gunn, who uses the 200-inch telescope at Mt. Palomar to understand the structure and mechanics of the universe; Jill Knapp, who uses giant radio telescopes to investigate the life and death of stars; Kip Thorn, who uses lasers to explore the force of gravity; and Ed Stone, who uses space probes to study the solar system. Includes photographs of planets, stars, and galaxies taken from recent space probes. Challenges viewers to extend themselves beyond today, to what was and what will be.