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AST 350L

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Lecture 1: Introductionpdf
Lecture 2: Beginnings: Prehistory, Egypt, Babylonpdf
Lecture 3: Antiquity Ipdf
Lecture 4: Antiquity IIpdf
Lecture 5: Alternative Views: China, Mayan Astronomypdf
Lecture 6: Middle Ages/Islam Ipdf
Lecture 7: Middle Ages/Islam IIpdf
Lecture 8: Copernicuspdf
Lecture 9: Tycho/Kepler Ipdf
Lecture 10: Tycho/Kepler IIpdf
Lecture 11: Galileo Ipdf
Lecture 12: Galileo IIpdf
Lecture 13: Descartespdf
Lecture 14: Newtonpdf
Lecture 15: Enlightenment: Kant/Herschelpdf
Lecture 16: Birth of Astrophysics Ipdf
Lecture 17: Birth of Astrophysics IIpdf
Lecture 18: Einstein Ipdf
Lecture 19: Einstein IIpdf
Lecture 20: Black Holespdf
Lecture 21: Hubble Ipdf
Lecture 22: Hubble IIpdf
Lecture 23: Steady State vs. Big Bangpdf
Lecture 24: Modern Developments I: The Dark Sidepdf
Lecture 25: Modern Developments II: Inflationpdf
Lecture 26: Epiloguepdf
















 





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