| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading &c. |
| Tu. Sep. 1 |
Introduction; The Cosmic Scale |
Chapter 1; Appendix C
|
| Th. Sep. 3 |
The Scientific Method |
Chapter 3
|
| Tu. Sep. 8 |
Seasons and the Appearance of the Sky |
Chapter 2
|
| Th. Sep. 10 |
Lunar Phases & Eclipses |
Chapters 2
|
| Tu. Sep. 15 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Chapter 3; HW#1 DUE
|
| Th. Sep. 17 |
Kepler's Laws |
Chapter 3
|
| Tu. Sep. 22 |
Conservation Laws and The Laws of Motion |
Chapter 4
|
| Th. Sep. 24 |
Gravity |
Chapter 7
|
| Tu. Sep. 29 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Geology |
Chapter 7; HW#2 DUE
|
| Th. Oct. 1 |
EXAM I |
Chapters 1-4, 7
|
| Tu. Oct. 6 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Atmospheres |
Chapter 7
|
| Th. Oct. 8 |
The Jovian Planets |
Chapter 8
|
| Tu. Oct. 13 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Chapter 9
|
| Th. Oct. 15 |
Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 6; HW#3 DUE
|
| Tu. Oct. 20 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Chapter 5
|
| Th. Oct. 22 |
Spectra |
Chapter 5
|
| Tu. Oct. 27 |
Telescopes |
Chapter 5, 10
|
| Th. Oct. 29 |
The Properties of Stars |
Chapter 10, 11
|
| Tu. Nov. 3 |
Nuclear Fire |
Chapter 10, 12; HW#4 DUE
|
| Th. Nov. 5 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 5-11
|
| Tu. Nov. 10 |
Stellar Evolution: low mass stars |
Chapter 12
|
| Th. Nov. 12 |
Stellar Evolution: high mass stars |
Chapter 12
|
| Tu. Nov. 17 |
End States: White Dwarfs & Black Holes |
Chapter 13
|
| Th. Nov. 19 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 14; HW#5 DUE
|
| Tu. Nov. 24 |
Galaxies |
Chapter 15
|
| Th. Nov. 26 |
THANKSGIVING |
Cookbook
|
| Tu. Dec. 1 |
Expansion of the Universe |
Chapter 15
|
| Th. Dec. 3 |
Cosmology - the fun stuff |
Chapter 17
|
| Tu. Dec. 8 |
Cosmology - the goofy stuff |
Chapter 16
|
| Th. Dec. 10 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Chapter 18; HW#6 DUE
|
| Tu. Dec. 15 |
FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) |
All of the above
|
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