| Lecture Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading etc. |
| Th. Jan. 27 |
Introduction and Scale of the Universe |
Chapter 1
|
| Tu. Feb. 1 |
The Scientific Method |
Chapter 1; HW#1 DUE (sign syllabus)
|
| Th. Feb. 3 |
Appearance of the Sky |
Chapter 2
|
| Tu. Feb. 8 |
Competing Cosmologies |
Chapter 3; HW#2 DUE
|
| Th. Feb. 10 |
Kepler's Laws |
Chapter 3
|
| Tu. Feb. 15 |
The Laws of Motion |
Chapter 4
|
| Th. Feb. 17 |
Conservation Laws and Gravity |
Chapter 4
|
| Tu. Feb. 22 |
The Solar System and its Origin |
Chapter 6; HW#3 DUE
|
| Th. Feb. 24 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Earth and Moon |
Chapter 7
|
| Tu. Mar. 1 |
The Terrestrial Planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars |
Chapter 7
|
| Th. Mar. 3 |
The Jovian Planets |
Chapter 8
|
| Tu. Mar. 8 |
Moons, Asteroids, & Comets |
Chapter 9; HW#4 DUE
|
| Th. Mar. 10 |
EXAM I |
Chapters 1-4, 6-9
|
| Tu. Mar. 15 |
Light: Electromagnetic Radiation |
Chapter 5
|
| Th. Mar. 17 |
The Sun as a Star |
Chapter 10
|
| Mar. 21-25 |
SPRING BREAK |
Road map
|
| Tu. Mar. 29 |
Observed Properties of Stars |
Chapter 11
|
| Th. Mar. 31 |
Physical Properties of Stars |
Chapter 12
|
| Tu. Apr. 5 |
Nuclear Fire |
Chapter 12; HW#5 DUE
|
| Th. Apr. 7 |
Stellar Evolution |
Chapter 12
|
| Tu. Apr. 12 |
End States: White Dwarfs & Black Holes |
Chapter 13
|
| Th. Apr. 14 |
EXAM II |
Chapters 5, 10-13
|
| Tu. Apr. 19 |
The Milky Way |
Chapter 14
|
| Th. Apr. 21 |
External Galaxies |
Chapter 15
|
| Tu. Apr. 26 |
AGN, QSOs, and Supermassive Black Holes |
Chapter 15; HW#6 DUE
|
| Th. Apr. 28 |
Large Scale Structure and Dark Matter |
Chapter 16
|
| Tu. May 3 |
Formation of Structure in the Universe |
Chapter 16
|
| Th. May 5 |
Cosmology - the fun stuff |
Chapter 17
|
| Tu. May 10 |
Cosmology - the goofy stuff |
Chapter 17; HW#7 DUE
|
| Th. May 12 |
Life, the Universe, and Everything |
Chapter 18
|
| Tu. May 17 |
FINAL EXAM (8am-10am) |
All of the above
|
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