NS 11C Schedule
Introduction to Modern Cosmology
Spring 2004

# Date Topics Readings
(Harrison)

 Readings
(Seife)

(Chapter)
(Chapter)
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
 
7 2/24 Space and time
Curved space
9
10
 
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
Dark Matter

21 6
7
21 4/20 Inflation
Supersymmetry
Exotic Particles
22 10
11
22  4/22  Dark Energy
Gravitational Waves
  12
13
23 4/27 Exam III  
24  4/29  Student Presentations  
25  5/4 Student Presentations  
26  5/6  Student Presentations
   
5/13  Final Exam