Syllabus for Astronomy

 Text:  Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy, by T. Arny 

Week	Topics	Chapter
1	Overview, Where are we? What are we? Introduction	1
2	History of Astronomy	2
3	Trial	1-2
4	Trial continued	1-2
5	Light	1-2
6	Telescopes	4
7	Solar System	5-11
8	Solar System	5-11
9	Solar System	5-11
10	Origin of the Solar System	7
11	Review of Basic ideas (Light, gravity, etc)	2-3
12	Measuring Properties of Stars	12
13	Evolution of Stars	13
14	Death of Stars	14
15	Stars and Stellar Objects
16	The Milky Way	15
17	Other Galaxies	16
18	Time	Essay 2(back of book)
19	Cosmology	17
20	Cosmology and Life in the Universe	17 & essay 3(back of book)

 

 

History of Cosmology