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Class is 10:10-11:00 M/W/F in 211 East HHD
My office hours are 2-3 Wed, 426 Davey.
The class TA is Alex Hagen.
His office hours are 1:30-3:30 TUE. Office is 439 Davey.
Other books you may find useful for broader reading around the subject:
There are a number of good fiction books that are relevant: I particularly recommend The Baroque Trilogy by Neal Stephenson and Analemma also by Stephenson; and, pretty much anything by Greg Egan.
Blogs:
Schedule.
Lecture notes are now coming online - the schedule of future lectures is always tentative.
I will be filling in, expanding and adding links to past lecture notes as and when I have time.
Caveat: - class topic sequence may be extended, folded,
cut or expanded at my discretion without notice.
Class | Date | Topic |
Class | Date | Topic |
Class | Date | Topic |
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1. | 09 Jan | 2. | 11 Jan | 3. | 13 Jan | |||
4. | 16 Jan | 5. | 18 Jan | 6. | 20 Jan | |||
7. | 23 Jan | 8. | 25 Jan | 9. | 27 Jan | 9. Quiz #1 |
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10. | 30 Jan | 11. | 01 Feb | 12. | 03 Feb | |||
13. | 06 Feb | 14. | 08 Feb | 15. | 10 Feb | |||
16. | 13 Feb | 16. Nucleosynthesis |
17. | 15 Feb | 18. | 17 Feb | ||
19. | 20 Feb | 20. | 22 Feb | 21. | 24 Feb | |||
22. | 27 Feb | 22. More Black Holes |
23. | 29 Feb | 24. | 02 Mar | ||
25. | 05 Mar | 26. | 07 Mar | 27. | 09 Mar | |||
28. | 12 Mar | 29. | 14 Mar | 30. | 16 Mar | 30. Cold Dark Matter Alternatives |
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31. | 19 Mar | 32. | 21 Mar | 33. | 23 Mar | |||
34. | 26 Mar | 35. | 28 Mar | 36. | 30 Mar | 36. W and W' |
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37. | 02 Apr | 38. | 04 Apr | 39. | 06 Apr | |||
40. | 09 Apr | 41. | 11 Apr | 42. | 13 Apr | |||
43. | 16 Apr | 44. | 18 Apr | 45. | 20 Apr | 45. Holographic Universe |
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46. | 23 Apr | 47. | 25 Apr | 48. | 27 Apr | |||
49. | 30 Apr | 50. | 02 May | 51. | 05 May |
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Last updated 01/12
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