| Dates |
Topics |
`21c Astronomy' chapters (2nd Ed) |
`Cosmic Perspective' chapters (4th Ed) |
| Jan 23 |
Introduction and Overview |
1 |
1 |
| Jan 28 |
Light and Atoms |
4.1, 4.2, 4.4-4.6 |
5 |
| Jan 30 |
The Sun and Climate Change |
4.7, notes |
notes |
| Feb 4, 6 |
The Sun |
14 |
14, S4.1, S4.2 |
| Feb 11 |
Telescopes |
5 |
6 |
| Feb 13, 18 |
Taking the Measure of Stars |
13 |
15 |
| Feb 20 |
Star Formation |
15 |
16 |
| Feb 25, 27 |
Stars in the Slow Lane |
16 |
17.1, 17.2 |
| Mar 3, 5, 10 or 12 |
Live Fast, Die Young |
17.1-17.5 |
17.3, 18.1, 18.2 |
| Mar 10 or 12 |
MIDTERM |
4, 5, 13-17.5 |
4-6, 14-18.2 |
| Mar 17, 19 |
NO CLASS |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
| Mar 24, 26, 31 |
Relativity, Black Holes |
4.3, 17.6 |
18.3 S2, S3 |
| Apr 2 |
Hubble Deep Fields and The Expanding Universe |
18.1, 20.1, 20.2 |
20.2, 20.3, |
| Apr 7 |
The Big Bang |
20.3, 20.4 |
23.1, 23.2 |
| Apr 9, 14 |
Galaxies, AGN |
18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5 |
20.1, 21.1, 21.2, 21.3 |
| Apr 16 |
The Milky Way |
19 |
19 |
| Apr 21, 23 |
Modern Cosmology |
20.5, |
22.1, 22.2, 23.3 |
| Apr 28, 30 |
The Origin of Structure |
21.1 - 21.4 |
21.1, 21.2 |
| May 5 |
Life in the Universe |
21.5 |
24 |
| May 12 |
FINAL EXAM 1:10 - 4 PM |