Physics 80C                                                                                     Spring 2009

                           COSMOLOGY AND CULTURE

 

 Class meets at Porter 144, Wednesday evenings 7-10:30 pm, with a break.

 

Class Website

 

Syllabus and 1st lecture handout 

 

Term Projects

 

Astronomy Journal

 

Star Party Info Thursday 8-9 pm April 16 - Meet behind Music Recital Hall 8 pm

        

Homework 1   (due in class April 22, 2009)  Homework 1 Numerical Solutions

 

All class lectures will be available here:

         Lecture 1 - April 1, 2009      Introduction and Summary

         Lecture 2 - April 8, 2009      Ancient Cosmologies

         Lecture 3 - April 15, 2009    Medieval & Newtonian Cosmos, Cosmic Density Pyramid

         Lecture 4 - April 22, 2009    Cosmic Spheres of Time

         Lecture 5 - April 29, 2009    Cosmic Uroboros

         Lecture 6 - May 6, 2009       Cosmic Inflation

         Lecture 7 - May 13, 2009     Life in the Universe

         Lecture 8 - May 20, 2009     Think Cosmically, Act Globally

         Lecture 9 - May 30, 2009     Taking Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos

         Lecture 10 - June 3, 2009     Summary and Student Presentations

 

Supplementary readings are here:

         Genesis reading for Week 2

         Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot reading for Week 9

 

Joel Primack office hours and contact information:

         Thursdays, 2:30-3:30 pm, or by appointment, 318 ISB, 459-2580

         email  joel@physics.ucsc.edu

         Physics Department 459-2329, fax 459-3043