| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading &c. |
| Tu. Jan. 30 |
Introduction |
Preface
|
| Th. Feb. 1 |
The Scientific Method |
Chapter 1
|
| Tu. Feb. 6 |
Appearance of the Sky |
Chapter 2
|
| Th. Feb. 8 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Chapters 2 & 3
|
| Tu. Feb. 13 |
Kepler's Laws |
Chapter 3 (also 4-3)
|
| Th. Feb. 15 |
The Laws of Motion |
Chapter 3; HW#1 DUE
|
| Tu. Feb. 20 |
Tides & the Earth-Moon System |
Chapter 5
|
| Th. Feb. 22 |
The Moon & Its Formation |
Chapters 5
|
| Tu. Feb. 27 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Atmospheres |
Chapter 6
|
| Th. Mar. 1 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Geology |
Chapters 6; HW#2 DUE
|
| Tu. Mar. 6 |
EXAM I |
Chapters 1-3; 5-6
|
| Th. Mar. 8 |
The Jovian Planets |
Chapter 7
|
| Tu. Mar. 13 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Chapter 8
|
| Th. Mar. 15 |
Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 9; HW#3 DUE
|
| Tu. Mar. 20 |
SPRING BREAK |
sun
|
| Th. Mar. 22 |
SPRING BREAK |
screen
|
| Tu. Mar. 27 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Chapter 10 (also 4-6)
|
| Th. Mar. 29 |
The Sun as a Star |
Chapter 11
|
| Tu. Apr. 3 |
Observed Properties of Stars |
Chapter 12
|
| Th. Apr. 5 |
Physical Properties of Stars |
Chapter 12; HW#4 DUE
|
| Tu. Apr. 10 |
Nuclear Fire |
Chapter 12 & 13
|
| Th. Apr. 12 |
Stellar Evolution |
Chapter 13
|
| Tu. Apr. 17 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 7-13
|
| Th. Apr. 19 |
End States: White Dwarfs & Black Holes |
Chapters 13 & 14
|
| Tu. Apr. 24 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 14
|
| Th. Apr. 26 |
External Galaxies |
Chapter 15; HW#5 DUE
|
| Tu. May 1 |
AGN, QSOs, and SuperMassive Black Holes |
Chapter 16
|
| Th. May 3 |
Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter |
Chapter 16
|
| Tu. May 8 |
Cosmology |
Chapter 17
|
| Th. May 10 |
Missing Mass: Unresolved Puzzles |
Chapter 17; HW#6 DUE
|
| Tu. May 15 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Chapter 18
|
| Tu. May 22 |
FINAL EXAM |
All of the above
|
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