Physics of the 21st Century
(PHYS 120) - Section on Astrophysics and Cosmology
Instructor: Sebastian
Kuhn (Phone: 683-5804; email: skuhn@odu.edu )
Announcements
IMPORTANT: You need to choose a topic for your paper and presentation and clear it with one of the course instructors by WEDNESDAY, September 26!
News Alert: On Thursday, September 19 2013, there will be a seminar by Michael Dinniman
(Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, ODU) that you are STRONGLY
urged to attend - it is directly relevant to our last lecture
(Wednesday, 9/18) on Climate Change. TIME: 3:00 p.m. LOCATION: OCNPS Room 200
See also the 2nd talk in the "President's Lecture Series 2013-14", on
October 30 (Ted Constant Center). David Titley will talk on effects of
Climate Change.
Reading list for the third class on Wednesday, September 18:
Reading list for the second class on Wednesday, September 11:
Reading list for the first class on Wednesday, September 4:
And here are
a bunch of more cool news about the universe. Take with a grain of salt
- todays hot theories may turn out to be out of fashion tomorrow...
Class sections:
- Wednesday, September 4th: Galaxies
- Lecture Notes
- Wednesday, September 11th: Cosmology
- Lecture Notes
- Wednesday, September 18th: Climate
Change (Physics and Society)
- Lecture Notes
Homework Assignments
- Homework (due September 11) - Solution
- Homework (due September 18) - Solution