| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading &c. |
| Tu. Jan. 27 |
Introduction |
Chapter 1
|
| Th. Jan. 29 |
The Scientific Method |
Chapter 1
|
| Tu. Feb. 3 |
Appearance of the Sky |
Chapter 2
|
| Th. Feb. 5 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Chapters 3
|
| Tu. Feb. 10 |
Kepler's Laws |
Chapter 3; HW#1 DUE
|
| Th. Feb. 12 |
The Laws of Motion |
Chapter 5; also 4.1, 4.2
|
| Tu. Feb. 17 |
Conservation Laws |
Chapter 5
|
| Th. Feb. 19 |
Quiz |
Chapters 1-5
|
| Tu. Feb. 24 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Atmospheres |
Chapters 8, 11; HW#2 DUE
|
| Th. Feb. 26 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Geology |
Chapters 8, 11
|
| Tu. Mar. 2 |
The Jovian Planets |
Chapter 9
|
| Th. Mar. 4 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Chapter 10
|
| Tu. Mar. 9 |
Formation of the Solar System |
Chapter 7; HW#3 DUE
|
| Th. Mar. 11 |
EXAM I |
Chapters 1-5, 7-11
|
| Tu. Mar. 16 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Chapter 6; also 4.3, 4.4
|
| Th. Mar. 18 |
Spectra and Telescopes |
Chapter 6
|
| Mar. 22-26 |
SPRING BREAK |
Road map
|
| Tu. Mar. 30 |
The Sun and Stars |
Chapter 12
|
| Th. Apr. 1 |
Physical Properties of Stars |
Chapter 13
|
| Tu. Apr. 6 |
Nuclear Fire |
Chapter 14; HW#4 DUE
|
| Th. Apr. 8 |
Stellar Evolution |
Chapter 14
|
| Tu. Apr. 13 |
End States: White Dwarfs & Black Holes |
Chapter 15
|
| Th. Apr. 15 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 4, 6, 12-15
|
| Tu. Apr. 20 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 16
|
| Th. Apr. 22 |
External Galaxies |
Chapter 17
|
| Tu. Apr. 27 |
AGN, QSOs, and SuperMassive Black Holes |
Chapter 17; HW#5 DUE
|
| Th. Apr. 29 |
Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter |
Chapter 18
|
| Tu. May 4 |
Cosmology - the fun stuff |
Chapter 19
|
| Th. May 6 |
Cosmology - the goofy stuff |
Chapter 19
|
| Tu. May 11 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Chapter 20; HW#6 DUE
|
| Fri. May 14 |
FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) |
All of the above
|
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