VISIONS OF THE UNIVERSE

ISP 205, Spring 2009

  

Instructor:  

          Professor Jack Baldwin

            Room 3270 Biomedical Physical Sciences Bldg. (BPS),

Phone (517) 884-5611          (baldwin@pa.msu.edu)

Office hours:  12:30-1:30 Monday, 10:00–11:00 Tuesday, 3:00–4:00 Friday, or by appointment.

Teaching Assistants:

            Office hours in the Strosacker Learning Center (room 1248 of the BPS Building).

            Section 3: Laura Green (greenl34@msu.edu). Office hour: 1:00–2:00 Tuesday.

                        NOTE: That is a lower case “L” in Laura Green’s email address, not the number “1”.

Study Guides

·       Midterm 1 study guide is under Angel lessons tab.

·       Midterm 2 study guide is here.

·       Midterm 3 study guide.

·       Final Exam study guide.

 

LECTURE SCHEDULE FOR REST OF COURSE:

          Wed 15 Apr: Cosmic distances using redshifts [15.2]. The Structure of the Universe.

          Fri 17 Apr:    Cosmology; The Expanding Universe [15.2].

          Mon 20 Apr: The Cosmic Microwave Background [17.2].

          Wed 22 Apr: Dark Matter [16.1, 16.2]. Evolution of Structure [16.3].

          Fri 24 Apr:    Galaxy Evolution [15.3]. Quasars [15.4].

          Mon 27 Apr: Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe [16.4].

          Wed 29 Apr: The Beginning and The End of the Universe [17.1, 17.3].

          Fri 1 May:     Whatever is still left, plus review.

 

 

Slides, etc from lectures:

·       Some Planets and Moons shown in their correct relative sizes.

·       Feb 6 lecture

·       Feb 9 lecture

·       Feb 11 lecture

·       Feb 13 lecture

·       Feb 16 lecture

·       Feb 18 lecture

·       Feb 20 lecture

·       Feb 23 lecture

·       Feb 25 lecture

·       Feb 27 lecture

·       Mar 2 lecture

 

After Midterm 2

·       Mar 6 lecture

·       Mar 16 lecture

·       Mar 18 lecture

·       Mar 20 lecture

·       Mar 23 lecture

·       Mar 25 lecture

·       Mar 27 lecture

·       Mar 30 lecture

·       Apr 1 lecture

·       Apr 3 lecture

·       Apr 6 lecture

 

After Midterm 3

·       Apr 10 lecture

·       Apr 13 lecture

·       Apr 15 lecture

·       Apr 17 lecture

·       Apr 20 lecture

·      Apr 22 lecture

·      Apr 24 lecture

·      Apr 27 lecture

·       Apr 29 lecture

·       May 1 lecture

 

Angel:

·       Go to http://angel.msu.edu

 

Course Syllabus:

·       You will find a printable copy on the course Angel pages (under the lessons tab and also under the resources tab).

 

726 Sample Quiz Questions

o      HTML version  (1.5Mbyte)

o      pdf version        (2 kbyte)

o      answer key

 

Links to Simulations/Movies