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Nov 22, 2024
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2015-2016 HillBook (Class of 2019) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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PHY 292 - The UniverseThree Credits
Spring Semester
Structure and evolution of the Universe. Topics include: a brief history of our ideas about the size of the Universe, from the Greeks to Copernicus; the Newtonian revolution and the defeat of the anthropocentric view of the cosmos; Einstein and the geometry of space-time; the Milky Way and the discovery of other galaxies; stellar evolution; supernovae; white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes; pulsars; how stars produce the atomic building blocks of life; Big Bang and the expansion of the universe; discovery of microwave background radiation; and the mystery of dark matter. The course will include class activities, such as labs, and repeated visits to our astronomical observatory.
Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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