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Meeting No. |
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| Jan. 27 |
1 |
Introduction |
| Jan. 29 |
2 |
Meteors from small to large |
| Feb. 3 |
3 |
Meteors from small to large |
| Feb. 5 |
4 |
Science |
| Feb. 10 |
5 |
Science reporting |
| Feb. 12 |
6 |
Planetary atmospheres and warming |
| Feb. 17 |
7 |
Planetary atmospheres and warming |
| Feb. 19 |
8 |
NPR science correspondent
Richard Harris |
| Feb. 24 |
9 |
Midterm Exam #1 |
| Feb. 26 |
10 |
Life |
| Mar. 3 |
11 |
Life |
| Mar. 5 |
12 |
Nature astronomy editor Dr. Leslie Sage |
| Mar. 10 |
13 |
Exoplanets |
| Mar. 12 |
14 |
Exoplanets, Drake equation |
| Mar. 17 |
Spring Break |
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| Mar. 19 |
Spring Break |
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| Mar. 24 |
15 |
Search for extraterrestrial
life |
| Mar. 26 |
16 |
UFOs |
| Mar. 31 |
17 |
UFOs in the news |
| Apr. 2 |
18 |
Early cosmology |
| Apr. 7 |
19 |
Midterm Exam #2 |
| Apr. 9 |
20 |
The expanding universe |
| Apr. 14 |
21 |
Relativity |
| Apr. 16 |
22 |
Curved space-time |
| Apr. 21 |
23 |
History of the universe |
| Apr. 23 |
24 |
Inflation |
| Apr. 28 |
25 |
Analysis of BICEP2 results |
| Apr. 30 |
26 |
Contents of the universe |
| May 5 |
27 |
NASA's role |
| May 7 |
28 |
(snow day in the winter, somewhere) |
| May 12 |
29 |
Conclusion and review |
| May 18 |
FINAL EXAM (CSS 2400, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM) | |