| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading &c. |
| Tu. Sep. 2 |
Introduction |
Chapter 1; Appendix C
|
| Th. Sep. 4 |
The Scientific Method |
Chapter 3
|
| Tu. Sep. 9 |
Appearance of the Sky |
Chapter 2
|
| Th. Sep. 11 |
Lunar Phases & Eclipses |
Chapters 3; HW#1 DUE
|
| Tu. Sep. 16 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Chapter 3
|
| Th. Sep. 18 |
Kepler's Laws |
Chapter 4
|
| Tu. Sep. 23 |
The Laws of Motion |
Chapter 4; HW#2 DUE
|
| Th. Sep. 25 |
Quiz |
Chapters 1-4
|
| Tu. Sep. 30 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Geology |
Chapter 7
|
| Th. Oct. 2 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Atmospheres |
Chapter 7
|
| Tu. Oct. 7 |
The Jovian Planets |
Chapter 8; HW#3 DUE
|
| Th. Oct. 9 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Chapter 9
|
| Tu. Oct. 14 |
Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 6
|
| Th. Oct. 16 |
EXAM I |
Chapters 1-4, 6-9
|
| Tu. Oct. 21 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Chapter 5
|
| Th. Oct. 23 |
Spectra and Telescopes |
Chapter 5
|
| Tu. Oct. 28 |
The Sun and Stars |
Chapter 10
|
| Th. Oct. 30 |
Physical Properties of Stars |
Chapter 11; HW#4 DUE
|
| Tu. Nov. 4 |
Nuclear Fire |
Chapter 10, 12
|
| Th. Nov. 6 |
Stellar Evolution: low mass stars |
Chapter 13
|
| Tu. Nov. 11 |
Stellar Evolution: high mass stars |
Chapter 13
|
| Th. Nov. 13 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 5, 10-12
|
| Tu. Nov. 18 |
End States: White Dwarfs & Black Holes |
Chapter 13
|
| Th. Nov. 20 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 14, 15
|
| Tu. Nov. 25 |
Galaxies |
Chapter 15; HW#5 DUE
|
| Th. Nov. 27 |
THANKSGIVING |
Cookbook
|
| Tu. Dec. 2 |
Monsters in the Sky |
Chapter 15
|
| Th. Dec. 4 |
Cosmology - the fun stuff |
Chapter 17
|
| Tu. Dec. 9 |
Cosmology - the goofy stuff |
Chapter 16, 17
|
| Th. Dec. 11 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Chapter 18; HW#6 DUE
|
| Tu. Dec. 16 |
FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) |
All of the above
|
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