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These topics in Elementary Astronomy are selected from our on-line Elementary Astronomy class.  They are provided here for those who may want to learn astronomy and do not need the interactivity, exams, and credit offered by the on-line class.  The content is frequently updated, but may lag that in the class.  If you are an enrolled student, please use the class website.   
These topics in Elementary Astronomy are selected from our on-line Elementary Astronomy class.  They are provided here for those who may want to learn astronomy and do not need the interactivity, exams, and credit offered by the on-line class.  If you are an enrolled student, please use the class website.   


Click a topic to follow the link.
Click a topic to follow the link.
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'''Week 6'''
'''Week 6'''


*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Comets_and_Meteors Comets, Asteroids, Meteors and Meteorites]
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Comets,_Asteriods,_Meteors,_and_Meteorites Comets, Asteroids, Meteors and Meteorites]




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'''Week 9'''
'''Week 9'''


*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/How_to_Measure_Distances_in_the_Universe How to Measure Distances in the Universe]
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Things_Beyond_Our_Understanding_-_Dark_Matter_and_Dark_Energy Things Beyond our Understanding - Dark Matter and Dark Energy]
*[http://www.npr.org/2011/01/24/132932268/a-physicist-explains-why-parallel-universes-may-exist Interview with Brian Greene about Fabric of the Cosmos]
*[http://video.pbs.org/video/2163057527 Watch part of Fabric of the Cosmos on PBS and NOVA on line]
*[http://www.npr.org/2011/11/14/142248148/exploring-supernovas-leads-to-physics-nobel-prize Interview with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter Discussing Supernovae ]
 




'''Week 10'''
'''Week 10'''


*Vacation Week
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/How_to_Measure_Distances_in_the_Universe How to Measure Distances in the Universe]




'''Week 11'''
'''Week 11'''
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Special_Relativity Special Relativity]
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/General_Relativity General Relativity]
'''Week 12'''


*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Scale_of_the_Universe Scale of the Universe]
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Scale_of_the_Universe Scale of the Universe]
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'''Week 12'''
'''Week 13'''


*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Galaxies_Near_and_Far Galaxies Near and Far]
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Galaxies_Near_and_Far Galaxies Near and Far]


'''Week 13'''
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Special_Relativity Special Relativity]
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/General_Relativity General Relativity]




'''Week 14'''
'''Week 14'''


*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Things_Beyond_Our_Understanding_-_Dark_Matter_and_Dark_Energy Things Beyond our Understanding - Dark Matter and Dark Energy]
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/The_Story_of_the_Universe The Story of the Universe]
*[http://www.npr.org/2011/01/24/132932268/a-physicist-explains-why-parallel-universes-may-exist Interview with Brian Greene about Fabric of the Cosmos]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUe0_4rdj0U&feature=fvwrel Something from nothing? A Discussion between Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins.]  
*[http://video.pbs.org/video/2163057527 Watch part of Fabric of the Cosmos on PBS and NOVA on line]
*[http://www.startalkradio.net/ Neil deGrasse Tyson's News, Podcasts, and Question and Answer Forum.]
*[http://www.npr.org/2011/11/14/142248148/exploring-supernovas-leads-to-physics-nobel-prize Interview with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter discussing supernovae ]
*[http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171 Delightful reading about A Short History of Nearly Everything, a Book by Bill Bryson]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo Recommended Lecture: Lawrence M. Krauss - A Universe from Nothing]




'''Week 15'''
*[http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/The_Story_of_the_Universe The Story of the Universe]
*[http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather/dp/145162445X Lawrence Krauss's new book, The Universe from Nothing discusses the forefront of physics and astronomy (see link to an earlier lecture)]
*[http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171 Delightful reading about A Short History of Nearly Everything, a book by Bill Bryson]




Students enrolled in distance education sections should use [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/moodle this site].
''Students enrolled in distance education sections should use [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/moodle this site].''

Latest revision as of 04:06, 12 August 2017

These topics in Elementary Astronomy are selected from our on-line Elementary Astronomy class. They are provided here for those who may want to learn astronomy and do not need the interactivity, exams, and credit offered by the on-line class. If you are an enrolled student, please use the class website.

Click a topic to follow the link.



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Students enrolled in distance education sections should use this site.

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