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PHYSICS 111
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE
Date |
Topic |
Chapter |
Sections |
23-Aug |
Overview
of the universe |
Prologue |
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25-Aug |
The scale of the
universe |
Prologue |
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30-Aug |
Observing the Sky |
1 |
1-2 |
1-Sep |
Phases
of the Moon and Eclipses |
6 |
1-4 |
8-Sep |
The
Earth Centered Model |
1 |
3-5 |
13-Sep. |
The Sun Centered
Model |
2 |
1-4 |
15-Sep. |
Kepler and
Galileo |
2, 3 |
5-6, 1 |
20-Sep |
Understanding
Motion |
3 |
2-6,
8 |
| 22-Sep |
Exam I on Prologue, Ch. 1
- 2, and part of Ch. 6 |
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27-Sep |
Energy and
Electromagnetic Waves |
4 |
1-4 |
29-Sep |
Understanding
Light |
4 |
5-8 |
| 4-Oct |
Optical Telescopes |
5 |
1-4 |
6-Oct |
Other telescopes |
5 |
5-8 |
11-Oct |
The Sun |
11 |
1-5 |
| 13-Oct |
Stellar Brightness |
12 |
1-3 |
18-Oct |
Exam II
on Ch. 3 - 5 and 11 |
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20-Oct |
Stellar spectra |
12 |
4 |
| 25-Oct |
Binary star
systems |
12 |
5-8 |
27-Oct |
Stellar Birth |
13 |
1-3 |
1-Nov |
Stellar Life and
Death |
14 |
1-8 |
| 3-Nov |
Stellar Life and
Death |
15 |
1-9 |
8-Nov |
The Milky Way |
16 |
1-6 |
10-Nov |
Exam III on Ch. 12-15 |
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| 15-Nov |
Other Galaxies |
17 |
1-6 |
17-Nov |
Cosmology |
18 |
1-7 |
22-Nov |
Overview of the
Solar System |
7 |
1-6 |
29-Nov |
Terrestrial
Planets |
6, 8 |
5-8, 1-4 |
| 1-Dec |
Jovian Planets |
9 |
1-4 |
6-Dec |
Solar System Debris |
10 |
1-8 |
| 8-Dec |
Wrap-up |
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Final Exam on Ch. 16-18,
7-10, and part of Ch. 6 |
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