| 1 |
Introduction to the Class |
Edmund Bertschinger |
| 2 |
The Universe: Questions You were Afraid to Ask |
Edwin Taylor and Kristin Burgess |
| 3 |
No Evening Seminar this Week, Just Recitation Section |
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| 4 |
Global Positioning System |
Thomas Herring |
| 5 |
Einstein's Field Equations |
Edmund Bertschinger |
| 6 |
Tracing Einstein's Development of the Special Relativity Theory |
Gerald Holton |
| 7 |
Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy --Sagittarius A* |
Frederick K. Baganoff |
| 8 |
X-Ray Binaries and the Search for Black Holes |
Jeffrey McClintock |
| 9 |
Review Prepare for mid-term exam. The test covers: EBH, Thorne, Handouts, Homework, Weekly Seminars |
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| 10 |
The Universe and Three Examples |
Alan Guth |
| 11 |
No Evening Seminar this Week, Just Recitation Section |
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| 12 |
LIGO: Detecting Gravitational Waves |
Nergis Mavalvala |
| 13 |
Cosmic Structure Formation; From Inflation to Galaxies |
Edmund Bertschinger |
| 14 |
Project Reports in Seminar; Project Reports in Recitation Section |
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