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Classes |
Topic |
Reading |
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Aug 21
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Introduction
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Start Screenplay
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Aug 26
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The Universe as We Know It
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Ch 2-3
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Aug 28
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Tides and Black Holes
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Ch 4-5
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Sep 2
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Gargantua
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Ch 6
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Sep 4
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Gravitational Slingshots
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Ch 7
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Sep 11
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Optics and Telescopes
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Sep 16
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Orbits and Gravitational Lensing
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Ch 8
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Sep 18
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Visualizing Black Holes, Quasar Jets
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Ch 9
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Sep 23
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Disasters on Earth
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Ch 11-12, Finish Screenplay
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Sep 25
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Interstellar Travel and Space Exploration |
13, Story Boards
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Sep 30
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Screenplay/Story Board - discussion
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Oct
2
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More on Space Exploration/Review
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Oct
7
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Exam
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Ch 1-13
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Oct
14
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Wormhole Physics, 2025 Nobel Prize
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Ch 14-15
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Oct 16
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Gravitational Waves
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Ch 16
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Oct 21
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First BH Picture, Miller’s Planet
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Ch 17
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Oct 23
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Black Hole Vibrations, Mann’s Planet
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Ch 18-19
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Oct 28
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Rotating Space Stations/Endurance
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Ch 20
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Oct 30
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4th and 5th Dimensions
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Ch 21-22
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Nov 4
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The Bulk and Higher Dimensions |
Ch 23
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Nov 6
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Anomalies and the Professor’s Equation
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Ch 24-25
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Nov
11
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Singularities and Inside Garganuta
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Ch 26-28
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Nov 13
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The Tesseract and Touching the Past
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Ch 29-30
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Nov 18-25
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Student Presentations
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Dec 2
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Epilogue
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Ch 31
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Dec 9, 11:30
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Final Exam
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Cumulative
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