Stars and the Universe: Cosmic Evolution
171.118
Summer of 2009: second term
Meets: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
9:00 am - 11:30 am in Bloomberg 361
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Homework Assignments and Due Dates
email to Professor Richard C. Henry at henry-at-jhu.edu
Professor Henry's Office hours: most anytime (201 Bloomber), except before lectures!
(however, please go to Mr. Gupta if you want help on homework problems).
email to Teaching Assistant Arpit Gupta at arpit-at-pha.jhu.edu
Office: Bloomberg 245         Phone: 410-516-4869
Mr. Gupta's Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 11:30 to 12:30 (i.e. right after class)
email to the Observatory Staff Person,
Tim Dolch at tdolch1-at-pha.jhu.edu
Date
Chapters
Chapter Titles
June 29    Monday
2Charting the Heavens
The Copernican Revolution
July 1    Wednesday
4Radiation
Spectroscopy
July 3    Friday
HOLIDAY
July 6    Monday
6Telescopes
The Solar System
July 8    Wednesday
8Earth
The Moon and Mercury
July 10  Friday
10Venus
Mars
July 13  Monday
12Jupiter
Saturn
July 15  Wednesday
14Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
Solar System Debris    and    MIDTERM EXAMINATION
July 17  Friday
16The Formation of Planetary Systems
The Sun
July 20  Monday
18Red Giants and White Dwarfs
The Interstellar Medium
July 22  Wednesday
20Star Formation
Stellar Evolution
July 24  Friday
22Stellar Explosions
Neutron Stars and Black Holes
July 27  Monday
24Galaxies and Cosmology
Normal and Active Galaxies
July 29  Wednesday
26Galaxies and Dark Matter
Cosmology
July 31  Friday
28The Early Universe
Life in the Universe
and FINAL EXAMINATION
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