AY 4 The Stars: Winter Term 2007
Instructor: Jean BrodieTA: Jeremy Wertheimer, Stefano Meschiari
TuTh, 02:00-03:45 PM, Thimann Lecture 003
Where is Thimann and the Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISB)?
Syllabus
Jeremy will be having office hours on Monday from 11AM to 5PM. Please send an email ahead of time and let him know you are coming. His office is ISB 355. If many people show up at the same time you may have to wait.
Grades
- Final grades (updated March 19th)
- This is the grade you'll get if you don't take the final. The final is optional, and it will help raise your grade.
Review for the Final
Class News & updates
Suggestions for the webmaster?
Mar 17, 2007
Quiz 5 results posted.
Mar 16, 2007
Quiz 5 answers posted.
Review for the final posted.
New formats for lecture 7 available for download.
Mar 11, 2007
Quiz 3 and 4 grades available for download.
Mar 7, 2007
Homework #5 answers posted.
Mar 6, 2007
Homework #5 posted.
Description
The class is about stars -- how they form, live their lives, seed the interstellar medium with freshly-minted elements, and die. Amazingly, we understand the stellar lifecycle very well. To get to the point where stars can be understood first requires some background in the physics of light, nuclear reactions, hydrostatic equilibrium, and a few other basic physical principles. This class is designed to be self-contained and all the physics required to understand stars will be developed along the way. A sub-theme throughout the class is understanding the way that science works and how scientists think. This is a "Q" class for undergraduates at the University of California at Santa Cruz -- this means there is some quantitative analysis in the class.Contacts
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