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Deep time & space;
Powers of 10		 Electricity & Magnetism; Electric Generator Aurora photos; Dynamo; Electromagnetic wave

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 21 Jan 08 23 Jan 08 25 Jan 08
Electromagnetic Spectrum; "Slow light" Continuous/discrete spectrum demo & theory Doppler effect; Wave-particle duality

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 28 Jan 08 30 Jan 08 01 Feb 08

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Sun overview & cross section; Sun color "Green flash"; Sun energy source; nuclear vs. chemical p-p fusion cycle;
ITER: Sun on Earth

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 4 Feb 08 6 Feb 08 8 Feb 08
Derivation of E = mc2 Solar dynamo & sunspots Solar neutrino mystery

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 11 Feb 08 13 Feb 08 15 Feb 08
Neutrino oscillations; Radar ranging & parallax Luminosity & flux; Hertzsprung-Russell diagram Exam 1 Review

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 18 Feb 08 20 Feb 08 22 Feb 08
1st Exam Sun's life cycle: stellar thermostat, red giant 1 Sun's life cycle: degenerate matter, red giant 2, nebulae

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 26 Feb 08 28 Feb 08 01 Mar 08
White Dwarfs &
electron degeneracy		 Nova & Supernova Type I & II Supernovae

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 03 Mar 08 05 Mar 08 07 Mar 08
Jocelyn Bell discovers Pulsars Ian Shelton discovers SN1987A Overview of Black Holes; spacetime curvature

10 Mar 08 12 Mar 08 14 Mar 08

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17 Mar 08 19 Mar 08 21 Mar 08
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 24 Mar 08 26 Mar 08 28 Mar 08

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Theory of Relativity: Newton, Maxwell, Einstein & Simultaneity Length contraction, time dilation, spacetime rotation Spacetime curvature & black holes revisited

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 31 Mar 08 02 Apr 08 04 Apr 08

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The Milky Way Galaxy Solar system wrt. galaxy; spiral density waves Exam 2 Review

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 07 Apr 08 09 Apr 08 11 Apr 08
2nd Exam Distances beyond The Milky Way: Cepheids & Tully-Fisher Why dark matter?

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 14 Apr 08 16 Apr 08 18 Apr 08

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What dark matter? Where dark matter? Hubble discovers the expanding universe Boltzmann's fluctuation & Olber's dark night sky

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 21 Apr 08 23 Apr 08 25 Apr 08
Big Bang Timeline Cosmic microwave background Big Bang nucleosynthesis

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 28 Apr 08 30 Apr 08 02 May 08
The inflationary universe The mechanism of accelerated expansion The end of the world

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