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Astronomy 211 / Winter 2008
The Universe and Change

Final Class Scores
Instructor Dr. Ana M. Larson, Senior Lecturer larson -at- astro.washington.edu Office Hours: M 3:00 - 4:00 pm Room C335, PAB Class Times : M W 1:30 - 2:50 pm, F 2:30 - 4:20 pm, PAA A216	Required Text and Reading: Einstein's Universe: Gravity at Work and Play, A. Zee (Oxford University Press, 1989, 2001) *Cosmology: A Cosmic Perspective* Chapters 1 - 7, 15; Prof. Paul Boynton Cosmology 101 from NASA (additional background) Class Lecture Notes

Instructor: Dr. Ana M. Larson, Senior Lecturer
larson -at- astro.washington.edu; Office Hours: M 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Room C335, PAB; Class Times : M W 1:30 - 2:50 pm, F 2:30 - 4:20 pm, PAA A216

Required Text and Reading:

Einstein's Universe: Gravity at Work and Play, A. Zee (Oxford University Press, 1989, 2001)
Cosmology: A Cosmic Perspective Chapters 1 - 7, 15; Prof. Paul Boynton
Cosmology 101 from NASA (additional background)
Class Lecture Notes

Cool Web Links
Boynton: Chapter 1 Motion in a circle concentric with the Earth does not allow the Moon to change sizes. The fact that it DOES change sizes was problematic for Aristotle, Aristarchus, and others. See for yourself! Read about the phases of the Moon and watch the Lunation Movie linked at the bottom of that page. Boynton: Chapter 2 Pythagoras and Music of the Spheres Heliocentric model Java demonstration showing retrograde motion of Mars McGraw Hill index of Quick-Time animations Boynton: Chapter 3 Ancient Planetary Model Animations [Displaying seems to be quite browser dependent.] Models of Planetary Motion from Antiquity to the Renaissance Statue Hid Hipparchus Star Catalog Physics Today Boynton: Chapter 4 de Revolutionibus scanned in its entirety and on-line Copernican Model, A Sun-Centered Solar System Nicholas Copernicus Boynton: Chapter 5 The Galileo Project Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer Links to all things Kepler (Wikipedia) Boynton: Chapter 6 Isaac Newton Resources Newton's Mountain-top Cannon Sir Isaac Newton and the Laws of Gravity The Apollo 15 Feather-Hammer Drop "Galileo was correct!"

Boynton: Chapter 1: Motion in a circle concentric with the Earth does not allow the Moon to change sizes. The fact that it DOES change sizes was problematic for Aristotle, Aristarchus, and others. See for yourself! Read about the phases of the Moon and watch the Lunation Movie linked at the bottom of that page.
Boynton: Chapter 2: Pythagoras and Music of the Spheres; Heliocentric model Java demonstration showing retrograde motion of Mars; McGraw Hill index of Quick-Time animations
Boynton: Chapter 3: Ancient Planetary Model Animations [Displaying seems to be quite browser dependent.]; Models of Planetary Motion from Antiquity to the Renaissance; Statue Hid Hipparchus Star Catalog Physics Today
Boynton: Chapter 4: de Revolutionibus scanned in its entirety and on-line; Copernican Model, A Sun-Centered Solar System; Nicholas Copernicus
Boynton: Chapter 5: The Galileo Project; Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer; Links to all things Kepler (Wikipedia)
Boynton: Chapter 6: Isaac Newton Resources; Newton's Mountain-top Cannon; Sir Isaac Newton and the Laws of Gravity; The Apollo 15 Feather-Hammer Drop "Galileo was correct!"

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/lecturelist.html (From Thales to Einstein)

http://scitation.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_60/iss_12/48_1.shtml Copernican Myths Physics Today

http://scitation.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_54/iss_8/47_1.shtml Tycho Brahe Physics Today

http://scitation.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_57/iss_7/82_2.shtml

http://cseligman.com/text/sky/wanderers.htm