Physics
152-01,02
Astronomy
AY 08/09
Instructor:
Martin Hackworth
Take a field
trip in visceral physics .
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Physics
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| PHYS 152-01 (Pocatello) 11:00 - 11:50, MWF, PSC 140, PHYS 152-02 (Idaho Falls) 2:00 - 3:15, MW, CHE 211 | |
| Do you have trouble with those pesky Newton's laws problems? |
My office
hours |
| What do we think about pseudoscientists? |
Have a look at an exam
cover sheet. |
| Finding astronomical nomenclature challenging? You're not alone. |   my email |
| Textbook resources: directtextbook.com, textbookland.com, follett, an ebook version of the text is available here | A primer in polishing that apple. Click here. |
 | All course notes and lecture materials posted at this site are copyright 1997 - 2008 by Martin Hackworth. All other copyrighted materials are used with permission. |
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| The following links contain instructor notes and student notes for this course. It is recommended that you wait to download instructor notes until we are near the pertinent unit as these are subject to modification. The instructor makes no claims of accuracy in notes other than his own. Student notes are provided for for the writing impaired and have been posted without editing. |
| Science vs. Pseudoscience: a great site from PHY105 at Syracuse U: notes, a tremendous article from the New Yorker about forensic "science", more dubious stuff,my flippant comments about acupuncture were pretty close to the truth! The road to perdition begins with a single step. |
| Overview
of the Cosmos: notes, student
notes, student notes, student
notes, Powers
of 10. Very Cool. Submitted by Connie Gomez |
| Historical
Astronomy: notes, student
notes, student notes, The Astronomy of Ancient
China,The Astronomy of the Ancient Middle
East, The Astronomy of the Ancient Americas,
Other Cultures, Chapter
1, Arny |
| Gravity/Motion: notes, student notes, Chapter 2, Arny |
| The Electromagnetic Spectrum: notes1, notes2, student notes, student notes, a great link on various spectral types Chapter 3, Arny, Doppler Shift |
| Celestial Coordinates: notes, student notes |
| Telescopes: notes, student notes, student notes Chapter 4, Arny |
| The Earth and Moon: notes, notes, formation of the moon (from National Geographic), student notes, student notes, student notes, student notes, student notes Chapters 5 - 6, Arny |
| Earth
and Moon continued: anthropogenic
global warming,
Earth's atmosphere,
Earth's
Energy Balance (courtesy of NASA submitted by Shannon Amy),
Earth's magnetic
field, the Greenhouse
Effect, |
Time
and The Calendar: notes  |
| The Solar System: notes, student notes student notes, student notes, student notes, Orbital Synchronization, The Retrograde Rotation of Venus (one theory), student notes The Face on Mars, Chapters 7 - 10, Arny, Jovian Planets 1 The Jovian atmosphere. Our own course on Planetary Science (all of the modules are viewable by anyone), Meteorites and Asteroids Earth Impact Calculator (submitted by Forrest Fisher), large scale atmospheric circulation, Comets I, II |
| Stars I: notes, student notes Chapters 11 - 13, Arny |
| The Sun I: notes, student notes, radio astronomy |
| Having trouble with astronomy calculations on your TI-30XA? Help is available here. |
| The Sun II: notes, student notes, a solar storm (courtesy of Briana Maas) |
| The Stars II: notes, student notes |
| Stars III: notes, student notes, student notes |
| Stellar Evolution: notes, student notes |
| Stellar Remnants: notes Chapter 14, Arny Black Holes I, II, III, IV |
| The Milky Way: notes Chapter 15, Arny, Milky Way/Andromeda collision |
| Relativity: notes |
| Tentative
Exam Schedule | Idaho
Falls | Pocatello |
| Exam 1 | Wednesday,
September 17 | Friday,
September 19 |
| Exam 2 | Wednesday,
October 8 | Friday,
October 10 |
| Exam 3 | Wednesday,
November 5 | Friday,
November 7 |
| Exam 4 | Wednesday,
December 3 | Friday,
December 5 |
| Final Exam | Wednesday,
December 17, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Wednesday,
December 17, 10:00 - 12:00 |
