|
| Date |
Lecturer |
Topic |
Readings |
| W
8/20 |
Stang |
Introduction to Core
5: the Scientific Method |
(Trefil - starting
page), additional readings follow (vii-xxxviii),
Bernoulli Effect (39) Stang, W.,
"An Introduction to Science", core packet |
| F
8/22 |
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CORE 7 LECTURE |
|
| W
8/27 |
Brodman |
Science Studies Nature |
Null Hypothesis
(303), Predator-Prey Relationships (329), Competitive
Exclusion (85), Ecological Succession (135) |
| F
8/29 |
Haskell |
Science Solves Crimes |
|
| W
9/3 |
Gull |
The Periodic Table: Science
Organizes |
Periodic Table
(315), Atomic Theory (24-25), Octet Rule (305),Argon, discovery of
(23), Helium, discovery of (202), |
| F
9/5 |
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CORE 7 LECTURE |
|
| W
9/10 |
Gull |
Atoms: Science Studies the
Very Small |
Rutherford
Experiment (358), Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment (269), Electron,
discovery of (144), Bohr Atom (50), Flame Test (170) |
| F
9/12 |
Brodman |
Science as a Human Activity |
Evolution, theory of
(151), Beauty Criterion (35) |
| W
9/17 |
Pfaff |
Origins of Astronomy:
Science Studies the Very Large |
Accelerated
Motion, equations of (2), Angular Momentum, conservation of (14), Copernican
Principle (93), Kepler's Laws (226), Spectroscopy (370), Newton's
Law of Gravitation (291), Newton's Laws of Motion (294) |
| F
9/19 |
Coy |
Thermodynamics: How Energy
Works |
Thermodynamics,
first law of (396), Thermodynamics, second law of (399), Thermodynamics,
third law of (402), States of Matter (375), Heat, atomic theory of
(193), Heat Transfer (194), Changes of State (71) |
| W
9/24 |
Pfaff |
Waves on Earth: Science Studies
Earth's Activity |
Doppler Effect
(128-130), Interference (223), Reflection (347) |
| F
9/26 |
Pfaff |
Light from Stars: Science
Studies the Very Far Away |
Electromagnetic
Spectrum (140), Kirchhoff-Bunsen Discovery (233), Michelson-Morley
Experiment (pg. 262) |
| W
10/1 |
Pfaff |
Scientific Astronomy |
Black
Holes (45), Black-Body Radiation (48), Dark
Matter (110), Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (207), Stang,
W. , "A History of Astronomy, Part I", core packet |
| F
10/3 |
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NO LECTURE |
|
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| W
10/8 |
COMMON MIDTERM
EXAM on lectures 1-11 |
|
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|
|
| W
10/15 |
Stang |
The Big Bang |
Anthropic Principle
(16), Big Bang (41), Steady State Theory (376), Thermal Expansion,
law of (395), Cosmological Constant (102), Determinism (116),
Hubble's Law (211), Early Universe (133), Inflationary Universe
(221), Stang, W., "The Big Bang", core packet |
| F
10/17 |
Pfaff |
Birth and Life of Stars |
Lawson
Criterion (238), Stellar Evolution (379), Nuclear
Fusion and Fission (301), Stang, W.,
"Stars - The Universe, Part II", core packet |
| W
10/22 |
Coy |
Planet Formation |
Nebular Hypothesis
(286), Giant Impact Hypothesis (180) |
| F
10/24 |
Olson |
Plate Tectonics |
Plate
Tectonics (325), Curie Point (106), Magnetism (249) |
| W
10/29 |
Olson |
Geocycles: Now Natural
Recycling Occurs |
Balance
of Nature (30), Carbon Cycle (61), Gaia Hypothesis (173), |
| F
10/31 |
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NO LECTURE |
|
| W
11/5 |
Stang |
Deep Time |
Uniformitarianism
(411), Superposition, law of (386), Rock
Cycle (356), Water Cycle (416), Nitrogen Cycle (298) Stang,
W., "Deep
Time", core packet |
| W
11/12 |
Pfaff |
This is the End: The Fate
of Planet Earth |
Acid Rain (6-7),
Milankovic Cycles (264), Mass Extinctions (253) |
| F
11/14 |
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NO LECTURE |
|
| W
11/19 |
Wistrom |
Biomolecules |
Bragg's Law (56),
Chemical bonds (74), Molecules of Life (279), DNA (125) |
| F
11/21 |
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NO LECTURE |
|
| W
12/3 |
Wistrom |
Chemical Evolution |
Miller-Urey
Experiment (267), Human Genome Project (215), |
| F
12/5 |
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NO LECTURE |
|
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| R
12/11 |
COMMON FINAL
EXAM on lectures 12-20 |
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