ASTRONOMY 106: HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
Spring 2004            Ticket Number 0194  Tuesday-Thursday 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Schedule subject to change: Any significant change will be announced
in class and on this website
	Topic	Reading	Online Notes	Online Slides
January
13 - 15	Introduction; Basic Motions of the Sky I	A: preface, 1, 2	1
20 - 22	Basic Motions of the Sky II	A: 2, 3	1
27 - 29	Stonehenge and Maya	A: 3, 4		1,2
February
3 - 5	Test#1; Classicial Antiquity	A: 6	3, 4	3
10 - 12	Middle Ages; Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, Galileo	P: 1, 2	5,6,7,8,9	4, 5
17 - 19	Galileo to Newton; Newton and Gravity	P: 2, 3, 4	10,11,12	7,8
24 - 26	Test#2;  Light; Optical Instruments	P: 2, 3; C: 1	13,15,16	6, 12
March
2 - 4	William Herschel and Stellar Astronomy; Parallax	C: 1, 2, 3	14, 17	9, 10
9 - 11	The New Astronomy; Properties of Stars; Classifying Stars	P: 4, 5; C: 2, 5, 7	18	11, 13
16 - 18	Test #3; The Great Debate	C: 7, 8	19	14
23 - 25	Hubble Settles the Great Debate; Atoms and the Universe	P: 5; C: 9	20,21	15, 16
April
30(Mar) - 1	"Ring of Truth"; How Does the Sun Shine?		22	16
6 - 8	Spring Break		24	17
13 - 15	Test #4; Stellar Evolution	P: 6	23,25	17
20 - 22	"Supernova 1987a"; Relativity; Black Holes
27 - 29	Cosmology	P: 6	26	18
May
4 - 6	Test #5; "Search for Alien Worlds"
11 - 13	Life in the Universe ;Space Exploration
18	FINAL
A = Aveni; P = Panek; C= Crowe
Last day to withdraw without W: February 17
Last day to withdraw with W: April 23