Mon Feb 11: Introduction, syllabus, the plan. Chapter 0 - Principles of Clear Thinking and Scientific Method
Mon Feb 25: Finish Chap 0. Ch 1 - Our place in the Universe, some basics. Ch 3: Renaissance astronomy through Kepler.(stock contest extra credit due)
Mon Mar 3: Ch 4 - Galileo, Newton: Forces and Gravity. Quiz #1: Chap 0, 1, 3
Mon Mar 10: Ch 5 - Light and Matter
Mon Mar 17: Ch 5 - Doppler effect, Ch 6 - Telescopes and Detectors Ch S1,2 - Einstein and Modern Gravity Quiz #2: Chap 4, 5, 6, bits of S1,2
Mon Mar 31: Ch 14 - The Sun, Fusion, Structure, Solar Wind. Video "Secrets of the Sun" and video quiz
Mon Apr 7: Ch 15 - Surveying the Stars. Ch 16 - The Birth of Stars
Mon Apr 14: Ch 16 - The Birth of Stars. Ch 17 - Stellar Evolution: Low and Medium Mass Stars. Quiz #3: Chap 14, 15.
Mon Apr 21: Ch 17 - Stellar Evolution: High Mass Stars. Ch 18 - Stellar Death: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, Black Holes:
Mon Apr 28:Video "The Death of a Star" and video quiz. Ch 19 - Our Milky Way Galaxy, Quiz #4: Chap 16-18
Mon May 5: Video "The Milky Way" and video quiz. Ch 20,21 - Galaxy types, Galaxy evolution, video clip - Colliding Galaxies
Mon May 12: Ch 20,21 - Quasars and Giant Black Holes. Ch 22 - Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Large Scale Structure, Quiz #5: Ch 19-21
Mon May 19: Ch 22/23 - Cosmology: The Big Bang
Mon Jun 2 7-10pm: Quiz #6: Ch 22-24 and Final Exam