| # | Date | Topics | Readings (Harrison) |
Readings |
| (Chapter) | (Chapter) |
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| 1 | 2/3 | Introduction Overview |
Introduction | |
| 2 | 2/5 | What is cosmology Early scientific cosmology |
1 2 |
1 |
| 3 | 2/10 | Cartesian and Newtonian world systems Cosmology after Newton and before Einstein New telescopes |
3 4 |
2 |
| 4 | 2/12 | Stars | 5 | |
| 5 | 2/17 | Galaxies | 6 | |
| 6 | 2/19 | Location and the cosmic center Containment and the cosmic edge |
7 8 |
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| 7 | 2/24 | Space and time Curved space |
9 10 |
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| 8 | 2/26 | Special relativity | 11 | |
| 9 | 3/2 | Exam I (Chapters 1 - 10) | ||
| 10 | 3/4 | General relativity | 12 | |
| 11 | 3/16 | Black holes | 13 | |
| 12 | 3/18 | Expansion of the Universe | 14 | |
| 13 | 3/23 | Redshifts | 15 | |
| 14 | 3/25 | Many universes |
18 | 3 |
| 15 | 3/30 | Observational cosmology | 19 | |
| 16 | 4/1 | Exam II (Chapters 11-15, 18) | ||
| 17 | 4/6 | The Accelerating Universe |
4 | |
| 18 | 4/8 | The Early Universe |
20 | 8 9 |
| 19 | 4/13 | Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation | 5 | |
| 20 | 4/15 | Horizons in the Universe |
21 | 6 7 |
| 21 | 4/20 | Inflation Supersymmetry Exotic Particles |
22 | 10 11 |
| 22 | 4/22 | Dark Energy Gravitational Waves |
12 13 |
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| 23 | 4/27 | Exam III | ||
| 24 | 4/29 | Student Presentations | ||
| 25 | 5/4 | Student Presentations | ||
| 26 | 5/6 | Student Presentations |
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| 5/13 | Final Exam |