Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Lecturer: Dr. Richard Mushotzky
- Time: T Th 9:30-10:45
- Dates: Jan 26 - May12 2015
- Room: CSS 2400
- Office: PSC 1111
- Off. Hrs Tues Thurs 11:00-12:30
- TA: Kyle Elliott
- Office: Undergraduate Lounge in CSS
- Off. Hrs Tues-Thurs 5:00-6:00pm
Syllabus
Introductory Lecture
Second Lecture
Third Lecture
Fourth Lecture Newton's Laws, Galilean Relatvity and Gravity
Fifth Lecture Newton's Laws etc Age of earth; Intro to reference Frames
Sixth Lecture Principles of Space and Time
Seventh Lecture Special Relativity
Eight Lecture- Time Dilation, Length Contraction Simultaneity
Ninth Lecture- Start of General Relativity
10th Lecture- Second General Relativity Lecture
11th Lecture- Third General Relativity + Black Holes Lecture
12th Lecture- Expansion of the Universe
13th Lecture The Shape of the Universe and Cosmological Models
14th Lecture The Cosmological Models
15th Lecture Microwave Background- CMB
16th The Very Early Universe
17th Nucelosynthesis and Weighing the Universe
18th What kind of Universe do we live in ?
19th How Do Things Form ? I
20th How Do Things Form ? II
21st Four Cosmic Puzzles
22nd Inflation
23rd The End
24th The Big Summary
Homeworks
Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3
Homework 4
Homework 5
Homework 6
Some interesting articles
Article on History of Science, Science Magazine 2009
Exploratorium Article by Phil and Phyllis Morrison on ancient cosmology
Eratosthenes and the Size of the Earth
Maxwells Equations and the Speed of Light- History
Cosmic Times- Story of the Solar Eclipse Test of GR
The Great Shapley-Curtis Debate on the Size of the Universe
Some of the History of Cold Dark Matter
Popular Version of Origin of Universe The Friedman equation (some deeper math) and its consequences
Overview of Cosmology- High Level but mostly accesible