The Crab Nebula

Duration: 58

Year Published: 1972

Creator: British Broadcasting Corporation

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Chronicles the advances made in astronomical knowledge as a result of studying the Crab Nebula from its first sighting in 1054 by the Chinese to the early 1970s. Details the techniques and experimental methods used to examine and analyze the electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma rays to radio waves. Depicts the unfolding knowledge through interviews with principals and reenactments of key discovery situations.

Complete Record: Chronicles the advances made in astronomical knowledge as a result of studying the Crab Nebula from its first sighting in 1054 by the Chinese to the early 1970s. Details the techniques and experimental methods used to examine and analyze the electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma rays to radio waves. Depicts the unfolding knowledge through interviews with principals and reenactments of key discovery situations., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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