SCIE 636
The Universe
William Herbst
Texts | |
Kuhn, "The Copernican Revolution" Kirshner, "The Extravagant Universe" |
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Course Schedule | |
January 24 | The Sky |
January 31 | Discovering the Universe (Kuhn, Chapters 1-3) |
February 7 | Gravity and Motion (Kuhn, Remainder of the book, including Appendices) |
February 14 | Light, Atoms, Telescopes (Class handout) |
February 21 | Stars and Galaxies (Kirshner, Chapter 1) |
February 28 | Expansion of the Universe (Kirshner, Chapters 2-4) |
March 7 | The Cosmic Background Radiation (Finish Kirshner) |
March 14 & 21 | SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS |
March 28 | Mapping the Universe Topic Selections/Outline Due |
April 4 | Black Holes and Missing Mass (WMAP Web site) |
April 11 | Student Presentations I |
April 18 | Student Presentations II |
April 25 | Summary and Future Work Papers Due |