These are always undergoing fine tuning, so be sure to download and study them right before the exams. PDF's should download and be visible right in your browser, without additional software. There are purple slides in many of these; purple slides have material which is more advanced or supplementary, not material from which I make exam questions. Also, pay special attention to the RED SLIDE that ends each PowerPoint - these are summary slides with key points, important for studying for exams.
Chapter |
Title | Video of Lecture |
pdf's |
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Introduction to the Course | ||
- |
A Few Basics for Us | ||
0 |
Princples of Clear Thinking (a separate webpage is here) | ||
0 |
On Teaching (website) | ||
3 |
Science and Astronomy - Historical Perspective | ||
4 |
Forces and Gravity | ||
5 |
Light and Matter | ||
Supp 2,3 |
Special and General Relativity | ||
6 |
Telescopes and Detectors | ||
14 |
The Sun | ||
15 |
Surveying the Stars | ||
16 |
Star Formation | ||
17, 18 |
Stellar Evolution and Stellar Graveyard | YouTube (3/20) |
|
19 |
Our Milky Way Galaxy | YouTube (4/20) |
|
20,21 |
Galaxies and their Evolution | YouTube (4/20) |
|
22 |
Dark Matter | YouTube part 1 (4/20) YouTube Part 2 (4/20) |
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23 |
Dark Energy, Cosmology, and the Origin of the Universe | YouTube Part 1 YouTube Part 2 YouTube Part 3 |
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24 |
Life and the Universe (This is a short PP for Astro 4, longer for Astro 3) |