AY101 - Spring 2019

Syllabus​

This course follows "The Essential Cosmic Perspective" (8th edition) by Bennett, Donahue, Schneider, and Voit.

Lecture 1 - Intro + Our place in the Universe (Ch1)
Lecture 2 - Our Place in the Universe (Ch 1)
Lecture 3 - Discovering the Universe for yourself (Ch 2)
Lecture 4 - Discovering the Universe for yourself (Ch 2)
Lecture 5 - The history of Astronomy (Ch 3)
Lecture 6 - The history of Astronomy (Ch 3) + Motion, energy and gravity (Ch 4)
Lecture 7 - Motion, energy and gravity (Ch 4)
Lecture 8 - Light (Ch 5)
Lecture 9 - Light (Ch 5) + Solar System (Ch 6)
Lecture 10 - Solar System (Ch 6)
Lecture 11 - Earth and terrestrial planets (Ch 7)
Lecture 12 - Earth and terrestrial planets (Ch 7) + Jovian planets (Ch8) 
Lecture 13 - Jovian planets (Ch8)
Lecture 14 - Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, and Pluto (Ch 9)
Lecture 15 - Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, and Pluto (Ch 9) + Exoplanets (Ch 10)
Lecture 16 - Exoplanets (Ch 10) + The Sun (Ch 11)
Lecture 17 - The Sun (Ch 11) + Stars (Ch 12)
Lecture 18 - Stars (Ch 12) + Star stuff (Ch 13)
Lecture 19 - Star stuff (Ch 13)
Lecture 20 - Stellar corpses (Ch 14)
Lecture 21 - Our galaxy (Ch 15) and other galaxies (Ch 16)
Lecture 22 - Dark matter and dark energy (Ch 18)
Lecture 23 - The birth o the universe (Ch 17) and life in the universe (Ch 19)

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Below is a collaborative Spotify playlist for AY101. Yes, this class was that cheesy.