Honors Astronomy 163, Fall 2002
This is the web page for the Fall, 2002 section of
Honor Astronomy 163, Relativity and Cosmology.
Items handed out in class
As of December 6, the following items have been handed out.
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Course Syllabus.
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Dictionary definitions of space and time.
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First reading assignment..
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Notes: Some Reminders About Light.
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Souvenir copy of The Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies,
by A. Einstein (1905).
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Problem Set 1, due Friday, October 11.
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Notes from week 1.
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Notes from week 2.
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Second reading assignment.
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Notes from week 3.
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Problem Set 2, due Wednesday, October 23.
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Questions about the universe.
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Notes from week 4.
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Problem Set 3, due Wednesday, October 30.
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Program of talks from The Emergence of Cosmic Structure meeting.
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Midterm review guide.
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Notes from week 5.
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Notes on the formation of atomic nuclei and neutral hydrogen atoms
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Midterm exam.
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Third reading assignment.
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Problem Set 4, due Thursday, November 14.
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Notes from week 6.
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Problem Set 5, due Wednesday, November 20 and Friday, November 22.
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Essay assignment, due Monday, December 9.
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Notes from weeks 7-9.
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Final exam review guide and evaluation form.
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Suggestions for Further Reading.
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Article: The Formation of Structure in the Universe.
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Article: Galaxy Structure, Dark Matter, and Galaxy Formation.
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Notes from week 10.
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This list.
Go to David Weinberg's Home Page
Updated: 2002 December 5[dhw]