| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading &c. |
| Tu. Sep. 3 |
Introduction |
Introduction
|
| Th. Sep. 5 |
The Scientific Method |
Introduction
|
| Tu. Sep. 10 |
Appearance of the Sky |
Chapter 1
|
| Th. Sep. 12 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Chapters 2
|
| Tu. Sep. 17 |
Kepler's Laws |
Chapter 2; HW#1 DUE
|
| Th. Sep. 19 |
The Laws of Motion |
Chapter 2
|
| Tu. Sep. 24 |
Tides & the Earth-Moon System |
Chapter 6
|
| Th. Sep. 26 |
The Moon & Its Formation |
Chapters 6
|
| Tu. Oct. 1 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Atmospheres |
Chapter 7; HW#2 DUE
|
| Th. Oct. 3 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Geology |
Chapters 7
|
| Tu. Oct. 8 |
EXAM I |
Chapters 1-2; 6-7
|
| Th. Oct. 10 |
The Jovian Planets |
Chapter 8
|
| Tu. Oct. 15 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Chapter 9
|
| Th. Oct. 17 |
Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 5
|
| Tu. Oct. 22 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Chapters 3,4; HW#3 DUE
|
| Th. Oct. 24 |
The Sun as a Star |
Chapter 10
|
| Tu. Oct. 29 |
Observed Properties of Stars |
Chapter 11
|
| Th. Oct. 31 |
Physical Properties of Stars |
Chapter 11
|
| Tu. Nov. 5 |
Nuclear Fire |
Chapter 12; HW#4 DUE
|
| Th. Nov. 7 |
Stellar Evolution |
Chapter 13
|
| Tu. Nov. 12 |
End States: White Dwarfs & Black Holes |
Chapter 14
|
| Th. Nov. 14 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 3-5,8-14
|
| Tu. Nov. 19 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 15
|
| Th. Nov. 21 |
External Galaxies |
Chapter 16
|
| Tu. Nov. 26 |
AGN, QSOs, and SuperMassive Black Holes |
Chapter 17; HW#5 DUE
|
| Th. Nov. 28 |
THANKSGIVING |
Cookbook
|
| Tu. Dec. 3 |
Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter |
Chapter 18
|
| Th. Dec. 5 |
Cosmology |
Chapter 18
|
| Tu. Dec. 10 |
Missing Mass: Unresolved Puzzles |
Chapter 18; HW#6 DUE
|
| Th. Dec. 12 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Chapter 19
|
| Tu. Dec. 17 |
FINAL EXAM |
All of the above
|
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