Cosmology

Administrative:

Syllabus Schombert's Schedule Academic Calendar Geometry Junkyard

Greek Alphabet Exponents and Logarithms Periodic Table Temperature Scale

Lectures:

Sep 29: Ancient Cosmology Oct 01: Medieval Cosmology Oct 03: Newtonian Cosmology Oct 06: Clockwork Universe Oct 08: Cosmological Principle Oct 10: Relativity Oct 13: Elementary Particles Oct 15: Quantum Physics Oct 17: Exam #1

Oct 20: Galaxies Oct 22: High Redshift Objects Oct 24: Creation Oct 27: Expanding Universe Oct 29: Geometry of the Universe Oct 31: Dynamics of the Universe Nov 03: Dark Matter/Energy Nov 05: Infinity/Horizons Nov 07: Exam #2

Nov 10: Early Universe Nov 12: Inflation Nov 14: Baryongensis Note: no classes Nov 17, 19 & 21 Nov 21: CMB Nov 24: Anthropic Principle Nov 26: Fate of the Universe Dec 01: Fermi's Paradox Dec 06: Exam #3

Readings:

Sep 29: Chapters 1-3 Oct 06: Chapters 7-9 Oct 20: Chapters 10-13

Oct 27: Chapters 4-6 Nov 03: Chapters 14-16 Nov 10: Chapters 17-19

Nov 21: Chapters 20-22 Dec 01: Chapters 23-25

"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy." Steven Weinberg

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