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Physics 111; Fall 2009
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Physics 111; Fall 2009
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Note: The evening film dates are tentative! |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |||
| Week 1 | 24
Lecture: Course Policy & Overview Film: Cosmos; The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean | 25 | 26
Lecture: Some Important Concepts & Numbers Reading: Chap 1 MA Intro due by 2:15 pm | 27 | 28
Lecture: The Sky from Earth Reading: Chap 2 Week 2
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| Lecture: The Motion of the Moon & Eclipses Reading: Chap 2 MA Chap 1 HW due by 2:15 pm |
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| Week 2 | 1 | 2
Lecture: Was Ptolemy Pstupid? Reading: Chap 3 | 3 | 4
Film: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens, part 1 Week 3
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| Labor Day No Class! 
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| Lecture: Kepler's Laws Reading: Chap 3 MA Chap 2 HW due by 2:15 pm 10
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| Film: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens, part 2 Week 4
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| Lecture: Newton & Gravity Reading: Chap 4 15
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| Film: Newton's Dark Secrets MA Chap 3 HW due by 2:15 pm 17
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| Lecture: What is Light? Reading: Chap 5 Extra Credit Library Activity 1:00 - 5:00 Brill Science Library Week 5
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| Lecture: Radiation (i.e. Light) and Matter Reading: Chap 5 MA Chap 4 HW due by 2:15 pm 22
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| Lecture: Telescopes - Light Buckets Reading: Chap 5 24
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| EXAM 1MA Chap 5 HW due by 2:15 pm Extra Credit Talk 11:00 - 12:00 158 Marcum Week 6
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| Film: Nova: To the Moon, Part 1 29
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| Lecture: The Solar System; An Overview Reading: Chap 6.1
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| Week 6 | 1
Extra Credit Movie: Apollo 13 8:00 pm 46 Culler | 2
Lecture: The Earth Reading: Chap 7 Week 7
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| Lecture: The Moon Reading: Chap 7 MA Chap 6a HW due by 2:15 pm 6
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| Film: Nova: To the Moon, Part 2 8
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| Lecture: Too Hot, Too Cold, . . . Just Right! Reading: Chap 7 Week 8
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| Lecture: The Jovian Planets Reading: Chap 8 13
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| Film: Voyage to the Mystery Moon Extra Credit Seminar, 4:15-5:15, 46 Culler 15
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| No Class!
Week 9
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| Lecture: Solar System Junk Reading: Chap 9 MA Chap 7 HW due by 2:15 pm 20
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| Film: NOVA: The Doomsday Asteroid 22
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| Lecture: Planetary Formation & Extrasolar Planets Reading: Chap 6.2-5 MA Chap 8/9 HW due by 2:15 pm Week 10
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| EXAM 2MA Chap 6b HW due by 2:15 pm 27
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| Lecture: The Sun: Surface & Structure Reading: Chap 10 29
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| Lecture: The Sun: What makes it Shine? Reading: Chap 10 |
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| Week 11 | 2
Lecture Twinkle twinkle little star Reading: Chap 11 | 3
Extra Credit Movie: Deep Impact 8:00 pm 46 Culler | 4
Lecture: Stellar Evolution 1: Birth and Middle Age Reading: Chap 12 | 5 | 6
Lecture: Stellar Evolution 2: Death Reading: Chap 12 MA Chap 10 HW due by 2:15 pm Week 12
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| Lecture: Neutron Stars & Black Holes Reading: Chap 13 10
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| Film: Black Holes 12
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| EXAM 3MA Chap 11, 12, 13 HW due by 2:15 pm Week 13
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| Lecture: The Milky Way Galaxy Reading: Chap 14 17
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| Film: Monster in the Milky Way 19
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| Lecture: Other Galaxies and Hubble's Law Reading: Chap 15 Week 14
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| Lecture: Wierd Galaxies . . . AGN, Quasars, etc. Reading: Chap 15 24
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Week 15
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| Film: Nova: Runaway Universe
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| Week 15 | 1 | 2
Lecture: Cosmology 1: Large Scale Reading: Chap 17 Extra Credit Movie: Contact 8:00 pm ; 46 Culler | 3 | 4
Film: Stephen Hawking's Universe Week 16
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| Lecture: Cosmology 2: Particle Physics Connection Reading: Chap 17 8
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| Lecture: Extraterrestrial Life and Intelligence Reading: Chap 18 10
| Film (Required): Life Beyond Earth 8:00 pm; 46 Culler 11
| Course Wrap-up & Awards Ceremony All Extra Credit Due by 3:00 pm Finals | Week 14
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Comprehensive 10:15am-12:15pm; 46 Culler
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