| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading |
| Thu. Aug. 31 |
Introduction |
Preface
|
| Tue. Sep. 5 |
The Scientific Method |
Chapter 1
|
| Thu. Sep. 7 |
Appearance of the Sky |
Chapter 2
|
| Tue. Sep. 12 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Chapters 2 & 3
|
| Thu. Sep. 14 |
Kepler's Laws |
Chapter 3
|
| Tue. Sep. 19 |
The Laws of Motion |
Chapter 3 (also 4-3)
|
| Thu. Sep. 21 |
Tides & the Earth-Moon System |
Chapter 5
|
| Tue. Sep. 26 |
The Moon & Its Formation |
Chapters 5
|
| Thu. Sep. 28 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Atmospheres |
Chapter 6
|
| Tue. Oct. 3 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Geology |
Chapters 6
|
| Thu. Oct. 5 |
The Jovian Planets |
Chapter 7
|
| Tue. Oct. 10 |
EXAM I |
Chapters 1-3; 5-7
|
| Thu. Oct. 12 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Chapter 8
|
| Tue. Oct. 17 |
Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 9
|
| Thu. Oct. 19 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Chapter 10 (also 4-6)
|
| Tue. Oct. 24 |
The Sun as a Star |
Chapter 11
|
| Thu. Oct. 26 |
Observed Properties of Stars |
Chapter 12
|
| Tue. Oct. 31 |
Physical Properties of Stars |
Chapter 12
|
| Thu. Nov. 2 |
Nuclear Fire |
Chapter 12 & 13
|
| Tue. Nov. 7 |
Stellar Evolution |
Chapter 13
|
| Thu. Nov. 9 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 8-13
|
| Tue. Nov. 14 |
End States: White Dwarfs & Black Holes |
Chapters 13 & 14
|
| Thu. Nov. 16 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 14
|
| Tue. Nov. 21 |
Extinction of the Dinosaurs
|
Chapter 8
|
| Thu. Nov. 23 |
THANKSGIVING |
Cook Book
|
| Tue. Nov. 28 |
External Galaxies |
Chapter 15
|
| Thu. Nov. 30 |
AGN, QSOs, and SuperMassive Black Holes |
Chapter 16
|
| Tue. Dec. 5 |
Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter |
Chapter 16
|
| Thu. Dec. 7 |
Cosmology |
Chapter 17
|
| Tue. Dec. 12 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
[Chapter 18]
|
| Mon. Dec. 18 |
FINAL EXAM |
All of the above
|
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