Tentative Schedule
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Classes |
Topic |
Reading |
| Aug 20 |
Introduction |
Start Screenplay |
| Aug 25-27 |
The Universe as We Know It |
Ch 2-3 |
| Sep 1-3 |
Relativity and Tides |
Ch 4 |
| Sep 10 |
Black Holes, Gargantua |
Ch 5-6 |
| Sep 15-17 |
Orbits and Gravitational Lensing |
Ch 7-8 |
| Sep 22 |
Quasars and Accretion Disks |
Ch 9, Finish Screenplay |
| Sep 24 |
Blight, Oxygen, Dust Bowl |
Ch 11-12, Story Boards |
| Sep 29 |
Interstellar Travel |
Ch 13 |
| Oct 1 |
Screenplay/Story Board - discussion |
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Oct 6 |
Exam |
Ch 1-13 |
| Oct 8 |
Wormhole Physics |
Ch 14-15 |
| Oct 13 |
Gravitational Waves |
Ch 16 |
| Oct 15 |
Miller’s Planet |
Ch 17-18 |
| Oct 20 |
Mann’s Planet |
Ch 19 |
| Oct 22 |
Rotating Space Stations/Endurance |
Ch 20 |
| Oct 27 |
4th and 5th Dimensions |
Ch 21-22 |
| Oct 29 |
More Gravity |
Ch 23-24 |
| Nov 3 |
Professor’s Equation |
Ch 25 |
| Nov 5 |
Singularities and Quantum Gravity |
Ch 26 |
| Nov 10 |
The Tesseract |
Ch 29 |
| Nov 12-19 |
Student Presentations |
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| Nov 24 |
Epilogue |
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Dec 3, 11:30 |
Final Exam |
Cumulative |
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