Aug 31:
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Introduction
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Sep 5:
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Beginnings: Prehistory, Egypt, Babylon
READ: Hos, Ch. 1 + 2(pp.6-9)
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7:
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Antiquity I
READ: Hos, Ch. 2(pp.9-22); Bar, Ch. 2 + 4 + 5 + 6
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12:
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Antiquity II
READ: Bar, Ch. 3
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14:
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China, Mayan Astronomy
READ: Bar, Ch. 1
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19:
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Middle Ages/Islam I
READ: Hos, Ch. 3(pp.23-31)
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21:
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Middle Ages/Islam II
READ: Hos, Ch. 3(pp.31-35)
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26:
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Copernicus
READ: Hos, Ch. 3(pp.35-41); Bar, Ch. 7
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28:
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Tycho/Kepler I
READ: Hos, Ch. 4(pp.42-48); Bar, Ch. 8
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Oct 3:
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Tycho/Kepler II
READ: Hos, Ch. 4(pp.52-58); Bar, Ch. 9
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5:
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Galileo I
READ: Hos, Ch. 4(pp.48-51); Bar, Ch. 10
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10:
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Galileo II
READ: Hos, Ch. 4(p.51)
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12:
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Descartes
READ: Hos, Ch. 5(pp.59-62)
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17:
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1st Exam
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19:
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Newton
READ: Hos, Ch. 5(pp.62-77); Bar, Ch. 11 + 12
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24:
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Enlightenment (Kant/Herschel)
READ: Hos, Ch. 6; Bar, Ch. 21
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26:
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Birth of Astrophysics I
READ: Bar, Ch. 19 + 23 + 24 + 27 + 29
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31:
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Birth of Astrophysics II
READ: Bar, Ch. 28 + 30 + 43 + 47
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Nov 2:
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Einstein I
READ: Bar, Ch. 35
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7:
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Einstein II
READ: Bar, Ch. 36 + 37
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9:
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Black Holes
READ: Bar, Ch. 39 + 40 + 41 + 42
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14:
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Hubble I
READ: Bar, Ch. 22 + 48 + 49 + 50 + 51
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16:
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Hubble II
READ: Bar, Ch. 26 + 52 + 53
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21:
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Steady State vs Big Bang
READ: Bar, Ch. 38 + 44 + 45 + 46 + 63
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23:
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THANKSGIVING
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28:
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Modern Developments I (The Dark Side)
READ: Bar, Ch. 69 + 70
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30:
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Modern Developments II (Accelerated Universe)
READ: Bar, Ch. 75
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Dec 5:
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Epilogue
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7:
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2nd Exam
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