Recommended Readings

Lecture 2: Light the Messenger

Sections 5-1, 5-2, 5-5, and 5-9

Lecture 3: Matter

Section 5-7

Lecture 4: Light and Matter

Sections 5-3, 5-4, 5-6, and 5-8

Lecture 5: Forces

Section 4-7, Table 29-1

Lecture 6: Stellar Distances and Brightness

Sections 19-1, 19-2, and Box 19-2 (19-3)

Lecture 7: Stellar Radii and Masses

Sections 19-6, 19-9, 19-10, 19-11 and Box 19-4

Lecture 8: Stellar Motions

Box 19-1

Lecture 9: Stellar Spectra

Sections 19-4, 19-5, and 19-8

Lecture 10: The Big Picture – The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

Section 19-7

Lecture 11: Internal Structure of Stars

Section 18-2

Lecture 12: Fueling the Stars – Nuclear Fusion

Sections 18-1 and 18-4, Box 18-1

Lecture 13: Energy Generation and Transport

Sections 18-2 and 18-3

Lecture 14: Star Formation

Sections 20-1, 20-2, 20-3, 20-4, 20-5, 20-7, and 20-8

Lecture 15: The Main Sequence

Box 21-2, Figure 20-11

Lecture 16: The Evolution of Low-Mass Stars

Sections 21-1, 21-2, 22-1, 22-3, and 22-4

Lecture 17: The Evolution of High-Mass Stars

Section 22-5

Lecture 18: Supernovae

Sections 21-6, 22-6, 22-7, 22-9 and 22-10 (22-8)

Lecture 19: Special & General Relativity I

Section 24-1 and Box 24-1

Lecture 20: Special & General Relativity II

Section 24-2

Lecture 21: Special & General Relativity III

Lecture 22: Extreme Stars – White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars

Sections 22-2, 22-4, 23-1, 23-3, 23-4, 23-5, 23-8, and 23-9

Lecture 23: Black Holes

Sections 24-3, 24-5, 24-6, 24-7 and 24-8

Lecture 24: Testing Stellar Evolution

Sections 20-6, 21-3, and 21-4

Lecture 25: The Cosmic Distance Scale

Sections 21-5 and 26-4 and Box 26-1

Lecture 26: The Realm of the Nebulae – The Milky Way and Andromeda

Sections 25-1, 26-1, and 26-2

Lecture 27: The Stuff between the Stars – The Interstellar Medium

and Supermassive Black Holes

Sections 25-2, 25-3, and 25-6

Lecture 28: Spiral Galaxies

Section 25-4, 25-5, and 26-3

Lecture 29: Elliptical & Irregular Galaxies

Section 26-3

Lecture 30: Groups and Clusters of Galaxies

Section 26-6

Lecture 31: Interacting Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei

Sections 26-7, 27-1, 27-2, 27-3, 27-4, and 27-5 (27-6)

Lecture 32: The Expanding Universe

Sections 26-5 and 28-2

Lecture 33: Einstein’s Universe

Sections 28-1 and 28-2

Lecture 34: The Big Bang

Section 28-3 and 28-6

Lecture 35: The Whispers of Creation

Sections 28-4, 28-5 and 29-5

Lecture 36: The 1^st Three Minutes

Sections 29-1, 29-2, and 29-4 (29-3)

Lecture 37: Dark Matter and Dark Energy I

Sections 26-8 and 28-7

Lecture 38: Galaxy Formation

Sections 26-9 and 29-6

Lecture 39: The Fate of the Universe

Lecture 40: Science Fact or Science Fiction? Time Travel

Box 24-3

Lecture 41: Science Fact or Science Fiction? Life in the Universe

Sections 30-4 and 30-5

Lecture 42: Review