Colleen in NS Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 That's right, Dr. Alex Filippenko will be doing a lecture this evening at a university local to me! I found out about it by accident, while perusing the university's astrophysics section online. My reaction? "ohmygoodness, it's the Great Courses guy! He's coming all the way from California to this tiny little school here!" Ds17 loves astronomy; and while he hasn't gotten through every single one of the 96 lectures in the big astronomy GC course, he has enjoyed the ones he has viewed. So, off we go this evening! And if the weather is good, there will be telescopes set up afterwards for night sky viewing. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephinsocal Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Green with envy here--have a good time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emzhengjiu Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I enjoy the Great Courses astronomy too and would love to hear Dr. Filippenko in person. In our area, there's so much light pollution, that using a telescope isn't much fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I understand. A few years ago, Dr. Amy Jill Levine (who does several of the religion lectures for Great Courses) spoke nearby and we got to go hear her. It was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 That was so cool! He is just as smiley and friendly in person as he seems to be in his lectures. And his teaching of complex subjects is so accessible to the public. I asked my son afterwards if he wanted to go meet him, and he said no. So I stood in line to shake his hand - a little while later my son came to wait with me. Then he decided to hang around a bit to ask Dr. Filippenko a couple of questions. I sat back and listened to the two of them talk back and forth about neutrinos and a couple of other things I didn't understand. :D I'm pretty proud of my son! heh heh Karen, I think I read a book by Dr. Levine - I didn't know she did TTC lectures! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Colleen, that is so cool. The astronomy course has been on my wish list for years and I finally scored a used set of DVDs on ebay for a decent price - just in time for our senior science course. They are every bit as good as you all have been saying all this time. I am so glad you had a chance to hear him talk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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