Astronomy 201: The Universe and the Origin of Life

[Parkes 64-m Telescope]

Summer Quarter 1996

Welcome to the Astronomy 201 homepage of the Astronomy Department at the University of Washington in Seattle. This page was last modified on August 13, 1996. It is maintained by Bernhard Beck-Winchatz.

Instructor:Teaching Assistant:
Professor Woodruff Sullivan Bernhard Beck-Winchatz
Physics-Astronomy Building Room C318 Physics-Astronomy Building Room B339
Phone: 543-7773 Phone: 543-9095
e-mail: woody@astro.washington.edu e-mail: bbeck@astro.washington.edu

News and Information

Syllabus
Grades
Short Papers

August 12 - August 18
Homework #4 due on Monday
Quiz #4 on Thursday

Summaries Of Lectures and Sections

June 17 (Lecture) June 18 (Section) June 19 (Lecture) June 20 (Section)
June 24 (Lecture) June 25 (Section) June 26 (Lecture) June 27 (Section)
July 01 (Lecture) July 02 (Section) July 03 (Lecture) Independence Day
July 08 (Lecture) July 09 (Section) July 10 (Lecture) July 11 (Section)
July 15 (Lecture) July 16 (Section) July 17 (Lecture) July 18 (Section)
July 22 (Lecture) July 23 (Section) July 24 (Lecture) July 25 (Section)
July 29 (Lecture) July 30 (Section) July 31 (Lecture) August 01 (Section)
August 05 (Lecture) August 06 (Section) August 07 (Lecture) August 08 (Section)
August 12 (Lecture) August 13 (Section) August 14 (Lecture) August 15 (Section)

Homeworks

Homework #1
Homework #2 - Peppy the Proton (Part 1)
Homework #3 - Peppy the Proton (Part 2)
Homework #4 - Peppy the Proton (Part 3)

Labs

Introduction to the Worldwide Web
The Hubble Law
Sky Survey Lab
Signaling Lab

Guidance Sheets

Guidance Sheet #1
Guidance Sheet #2
Guidance Sheet #3
Guidance Sheet #4

Quizzes

Quiz #1
Quiz #1 Answer Key
Quiz #2
Quiz #2 Answer Key
Quiz #3
Quiz #3 Answer Key
Quiz #4

Student Contributions

June 17 - June 23
June 24 - June 30
Stellar Evolution

Picture Gallery

Course related Links

Cosmology

Life in the Universe

Astronomy General

bbeck@astro.washington.edu