ASTRONOMY 106: HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
Spring 2005            Ticket Number 0218  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
11 - 13	Introduction; Basic Motions of the Sky I	A: preface, 1, 2	1
18 - 20	Basic Motions of the Sky II	A: 2, 3	1
25 - 27	Stonehenge and Maya	A: 3, 4		1,2
February
1 - 3	Test#1; Classicial Antiquity	A: 6	3, 4	3
8 - 10	Middle Ages; Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, Galileo	P: 1, 2	5,6,7,8,9	4, 5
15 - 17	Galileo to Newton; Newton and Gravity	P: 2, 3, 4	10,11,12	7,8
22 - 24	Test#2;  Light; Optical Instruments	P: 2, 3; C: 1	13,15,16	6, 12
March
1 - 3	William Herschel and Stellar Astronomy; Parallax	C: 1, 2, 3	14, 17	9, 10
8 - 10	The New Astronomy; Properties of Stars; Classifying Stars	P: 4, 5; C: 2, 5, 7	18	11, 13
15 - 17	Test #3; The Great Debate	C: 7, 8	19	14
22 - 24	Spring Break
29 - 31	Hubble Settles the Great Debate; Atoms and the Universe	P: 5; C: 9	20,21	15, 16
April
5 - 7	"Ring of Truth"; How Does the Sun Shine?		22	16
12 - 14	Test #4; Stellar Evolution	P: 6	23,25	17
19 - 21	"Supernova 1987a"; Relativity; Black Holes
26 - 28	Cosmology;  "Search for Alien Worlds"	P: 6	26	18
May
3 - 5	Test #5; Life in the Universe
10 - 12	Space Exploration; California Universe
14*	FINAL
A = Aveni; P = Panek; C= Crowe
Last day to withdraw without W: February 11
Last day to withdraw with W: April 22