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Physics of Astronomy
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This intermediate program will be offered Winter and Spring of 2003-04.
Upper division, up to 16 credits per quarter. Program descriptions:
catalog, Winter, Spring.
PHOTOS of students at American Physical Society
meeting, calculations on Red Square and
Sean's artwork
The first class meeting is Monday 5.Jan.2004 at 1:00
in the Physics homeroom, Lab II Rm 2242.
Physics of Astronomy is a one-time program, including elements of Physical
Systems (which will be offered again in two years). Physics of Astronomy
is designed to be accessible for students who have had just one year
of calculus-based physics (e.g. M&M).. This program will also be
useful for physics students who need upper-division physics before 05-06,
as we will treat advanced material at a less intense pace. We will use
our unifying theme of Astrophysics to motivate deeper studies in related
areas of physics, choosing appropriate supporting chapters from the
physics and math texts below. (Overview of Evergreen's physics
and math programs).
For more information, contact Dr. Zita by email <zita@evergreen.edu>,
as she is on leave in fall and will be out
of town during Academic Fair. Please include "Physics Of Astronomy"
in the subject header. Please see these Answers
to frequently asked questions.
TEXTS: get the most recent
edition, if there is a newer one than listed below. Please
order these from the publisher or another online source such
as Powell's in advance so you have them
the first day of class. That is cheaper and often more reliable.
There may be a few copies of each text available at higher prices
in the college bookstore.
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Required supporting texts, to be
used both quarters, starting as early as the first week.
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Physics and Math:
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Astronomy & Cosmology:
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Introduction
to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths, Prentice Hall;
ISBN: 013805326X; 3rd edition (1999). You may get
this for a discount directly from the publisher at www.prenhall.com .
NEWS 18 Nov.2003: This is our E&M text for sure.
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Universe,
Edition 6, by William Kaufmann III and Roger Freedman, 2002,
W.H. Freeman, NY, ISBN 0716746476 , pbk.
Free online
resources for students using Universe
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Physics
for Scientists and Engineers, with Modern Physics,
by Douglas C. Giancoli, 3d Ed., 2000, Prentice
Hall, ISBN 0130215171. Be SURE to get the version with
the extra MODERN PHYSICS chapters at the end, as we will be
using those more advanced chapters most extensively.
Free
online resources for students using Giancoli
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National
Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky 2000, Alfred
A. Knopf, NY, ISBN 0-679-40852-5 pbk). This excellent reference
text helps you find and understand objects in the sky, and
includes classic stories about them.
Also available from Orca
books downtown, at a discount, with no shipping charges.
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Mathematical
Methods in the Physical Sciences, by Mary L. Boas,
2d Ed., 1983, Wiley, ISBN 0471044091 |
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Introductory
Astronomy Exercises, by Dale C. Ferguson, 2001, 2d edition,
Brooks/Cole *Thomson Learning, ISBN 0-534-37977-X |
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Recommended supporting texts. (Please
share other suggestions on WebX)
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Mathematical
Handbook, by Murray Spiegel, Schaum's outline series,
McGraw-Hill Trade; 2nd edition (1998), 0070382034 |
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Foundations
of Modern Cosmology, by Katherine A. Holcomb & John
Frederick Hawley, Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0195104978;
(1998) |
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SCIENCE SEMINAR
Seminar is a required component of the Physics of Astronomy
and Astronomy
and Cosmologies programs. Science Seminar is also open to
all interested students; you may take either section or both,
for 4 credits each. While there may be copies of some texts
on closed reserve in the Library, you must BRING YOUR OWN COPY
to class each day. Take notes in the margins as you read,
and the text becomes a record of your developing thoughts. "An
unmarked text is an unread text." Seminar
Syllabus
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SPRING SCIENCE SEMINAR meets
in Lib 4004 at 5:00 pm.
on Monday 29.March 2004
Please
get these from Orca books downtown
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MONDAY
5-6:30 pm: COSMOLOGIES
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THURSDAY 5-6:30
pm: Astronomy
and Celestial Navigation.
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Get Burch
from Orca or Powell's,
and subscribe individually to Sky & Telescope |
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The
Extravagant Universe, by Robsert Kirschner,
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr; (September 11, 2002)
ISBN: 0691058628
A clear and engaging account of the discovery of
the accelerating universe, by a respected astrophysicist.
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Emergency
Navigation, by David Burch, Publisher: International
Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; (February 1, 1990)
ISBN: 0071565582
This will be the primary text for our Celestial
Navigation workshops on Tuesday evenings.
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Norton
Anthology of Astronomy and Cosmology, by John
North, Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; (January
1995)
ISBN: 0393036561 |
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Sky and Telescope please
buy at a bookshop downtown or subscribe online
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Science News will be delivered weekly to
your prof, and distributed in class. Cost:
$7 for the quarter. Please pay Jenni Walsh, Class
treasurer. |
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WINTER SCIENCE SEMINAR meets
in LIB 2221
at 5:00 pm.
News flash Monday 5.Jan.2004:
due to the coming storm, evening classes have been canceled
today! Hope to see you on Thursday or next Monday. Please
do the reading on the Syllabus. Thank you - Zita
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MONDAY
5-7 pm: Books on Time, Relativity, Poincare, Einstein, the
process of science:
Please get these
from Orca books downtown (unless otherwise noted)
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THURSDAY 5-7 pm:
JOURNALS on
latest developments in Physics and Astronomy:
We will provide the first issues in class. You
will order Physics Today individually, and we'll get
the other two as a class.
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The
Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri
Poincare, by Henri Poincare, Stephen Jay Gould (Editor)
Poincare articulated key aspects of special relativity
theory before Einstein, and contributed widely in
mathematics as well as physics.
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Physics Today: To recieve Physics
Today, you need to join the Society of
Physics Students [SPS].
Subscribe online
or downloaded and send in this PDF form.
Cost: Membership is $20 for your entire
undergraduate career and includes:
- Physics Today, SPS
Observer and Journal of Undergraduate Research
in Physics (JURP) delivered to your mailing
address.
- Free membership in one additional
AIP Memeber Society for undergraduates only
for up to three years.
- Be sure to
join the American Astronomical Society (AAS)
as your free membership
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Einstein's
clocks and Poincare's Maps, by Peter Louis
Galison, W.W. Norton & Company; (August 2003)
ISBN: 0393020010
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Sky and Telescope comes
with your membership in Evergreen's new Astronomy
club. Students are required to purchase a one-year
subscription to Sky and Telescope through the
club. You will recieve it monthly at your mailing
address. We will set up a treasurer in class who will
take payment. Cost: $32.95 for 12 issues. Member
benefits include a 10% discount on Sky Publishing
publications such as books, star atlases, posters,
calendars, software and more. S&T
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Recommended supplemental reading: RELATIVITY chapters
in our physics texts: Giancoli Ch.37, Carroll &
Ostlie Ch.4, Griffiths Ch.12
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Science News will be delivered weekly to
your prof, and distributed in class. Cost:
$0.52 per issue, to be collected with your S&T
subscription. |
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(Thank
you to Emily H. for researching pricing and ordering
information and assembling web links.)
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