Tentative Schedule
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Classes |
Topic |
Reading |
| Aug 21 |
Introduction |
Start Screenplay |
| Aug 26-28 |
The Universe as We Know It |
Ch 2-3 |
| Sep 2-4 |
Relativity and Tides |
Ch 4 |
| Sep 11 |
Black Holes, Gargantua |
Ch 5-6 |
| Sep 16-18 |
Orbits and Gravitational Lensing |
Ch 7-8 |
| Sep 23 |
Quasars and Accretion Disks |
Ch 9, Finish Screenplay |
| Sep 25 |
Blight, Oxygen, Dust Bowl |
Ch 11-12, Story Boards |
| Sep 30 |
Interstellar Travel |
Ch 13 |
| Oct 2 |
Screenplay/Story Board - discussion |
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Oct 7 |
Exam |
Ch 1-13 |
| Oct 14 |
Wormhole Physics |
Ch 14-15 |
| Oct 16 |
Gravitational Waves |
Ch 16 |
| Oct 21 |
Miller’s Planet |
Ch 17-18 |
| Oct 23 |
Mann’s Planet |
Ch 19 |
| Oct 28 |
Rotating Space Stations/Endurance |
Ch 20 |
| Oct 30 |
4th and 5th Dimensions |
Ch 21-22 |
| Nov 4 |
More Gravity |
Ch 23-24 |
| Nov 6 |
Professor’s Equation |
Ch 25 |
| Nov 11 |
Singularities and Quantum Gravity |
Ch 26 |
| Nov 13 |
The Tesseract |
Ch 29 |
| Nov 18-25 |
Student Presentations |
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| Dec 2 |
Epilogue |
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Dec 9, 11:30 |
Final Exam |
Cumulative |
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