Reading Assignments
The reading assignments listed below are from Freedman and Kaufmann, UNIVERSE, 8th edition.
In order to get the most out of the lectures, you must read each assignment BEFORE the lecture.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Your instructor will not discuss each and every topic in the lecture --- only the ones that he feels will give you the most difficulty.
If a topic in the reading is not discussed in lecture, but is in the assigned reading, you are still responsible for knowing and understanding that topic!
NOTE: THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A ROUGH GUIDE TO THE COURSE, NOT SOMETHING CARVED IN STONE. IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
(updated 12-3-2008)
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Day |
Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
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F |
9/26/08 |
Introduction: Astronomy and the Universe |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 1: Sections 1-1 through 1-8, Boxes 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3, Guest Essay "Why Astronomy?" |
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M |
9/29/08 |
Knowing the Heavens |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 2: Sections 2-1 through 2-8, Guest Essay "Why Astrology is Not Science" |
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W |
10/1/08 |
Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 3: Sections 3-1 through 3-6, Box 3-1, Guest Essay "Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy" |
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F |
10/3/08 |
The Motion of the Planets |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 4: Sections 4-1 through 4-5, Boxes 4-1 and 4-2 |
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M |
10/6/08 |
Newton's Laws and Gravitation |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 4: Sections 4-6 through 4-7, Boxes 4-3 and 4-4 |
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W |
10/8/08 |
The Nature of Light |
UNIVERSE, section 4.8: Chapter 5: Sections 5-1 through 5-6, Boxes 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4 |
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F |
10/10/08 |
Light and Atoms |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 5: Sections 5-7 through 5-9, Boxes 5-5 and 5-6 |
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M |
10/13/08 |
Optics and Telescopes |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 6: Sections 6-1 through 6-6, Box 6-1 |
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W |
10/15/08 |
Our Solar System |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 7: Sections 7-1 through 7-6, Boxes 7-1 and 7-2 |
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F |
10/17/08 |
Magnetic Fields, |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 7: Sections 7-7 through 7-8, Box 7-1 |
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M |
10/20/08 |
The Origin of Our Solar System II, |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 8: Sections 8-4 through 8-6, Guest Essay "Alien Planets" |
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W |
10/22/08 |
Our Living Earth |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 9: Sections 9-4 through 9-7 |
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F |
10/24/08 |
FIRST MIDTERM EXAM! |
Covers all assigned material from 9/26/2008 through 10/17/2008 Bring a #2 pencil and eraser and a ParSCORE Scantron sheet (8 1/2" x 11" size, red, form number F-1712, available at the Arbor, the UCSB Bookstore, and other fine retail outlets) Calculators are permitted on the exam, but cell phones are NOT allowed. |
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M |
10/27/08 |
Our Barren Moon |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 10: Sections 10-1 through 10-5 |
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W |
10/29/08 |
Red Planet Mars |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 11: Mars only |
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F |
10/31/08 |
The Sun's Dynamic Interior |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 16: Sections 16-1 through 16-4, Box 18-1 |
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M |
11/3/08 |
The Sun's Outer Layers |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 16: Sections 16-5 through 16-10 |
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W |
11/5/08 |
Introducing the Stars |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 17: Sections 17-1, 17-2, 17-4, and 17-5, Boxes 17-1 and 17-2 (skip magnitude, section 17-3) |
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F |
11/7/08 |
The Nature of Stars |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 17: Sections 17-6 through 17-8, Box 17-4 |
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M |
11/10/08 |
How Stars Are Born |
UNIVERSE, Section 17-9; Chapter 18: Sections 18-1 through 18-6, Box 18-1 |
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W |
11/12/08 |
How Stars Are Born and Evolve |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 18: Sections 18-7 and 18-8 |
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F |
11/14/08 |
How Stars Die |
UNIVERSE, Section 19-5; (skip 19-6,7) Chapter 20: Sections 20-1 through 20-6 |
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M |
11/17/08 |
Neutron Stars |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 21, sections 21-1 through 21-3; |
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W |
11/19/08 |
SECOND MIDTERM EXAM! |
Covers all assigned material from 10/17/08 through 11/14/08 Bring a #2 pencil and eraser and a ParSCORE Scantron sheet (8 1/2" x 11" size, red, form number F-1712, available at the Arbor, the UCSB Bookstore, and other fine retail outlets) Calculators are permitted on the exam, but cell phones are NOT allowed. |
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F |
11/21/08 |
Relativity and Black Holes |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 22: Sections 22-1 through 22-5, Boxes 22-1 and 22-2 |
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M |
11/24/08 |
Black Holes |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 22: Sections 22-1 through 22-5, Boxes 22-1 and 22-2 |
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W |
11/26/08 |
Class cancelled due to Thanksgiving |
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F |
11/3/08 |
HOLIDAY --- Thanksgiving |
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M |
12/1/08 |
Black Holes |
UNIVERSE, Chapter 22: Sections 22-5 through 22-8, Box 22-3 |
| W | 12/3/08 | The Discovery of the Galaxy | UNIVERSE, Chapter 23: Sections 23-1 through 23-5, Box 23-1, Box 23-2 |
| F | 12/5/08 | Galaxies and the Expanding Universe | UNIVERSE, Chapter 26: Sections 26-1 through 26-2 |
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 8:00-11:00 a.m.
in Broida 1610 (the lecture room)
The Final Exam will cover all assigned material from the entire course.
Bring a #2 pencil and eraser and a ParSCORE Scantron sheet (8 1/2" x 11" size, red, form number F-1712, available at the Arbor, the UCSB Bookstore, and other fine retail outlets).
Calculators are permitted on the Final Exam,
but cell phones are NOT allowed.