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Introduction to Astrophysics

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A Princeton astrophysicist teaches you how to solve the problems that sparked a new understanding of the universe.

Syllabus

  • 01: Zooming Out to Distant Galaxies
  • 02: Zooming In to Fundamental Particles
  • 03: Making Maps of the Cosmos
  • 04: The Physics Demonstration in the Sky
  • 05: Newton’s Hardest Problem
  • 06: Tidal Forces
  • 07: Black Holes
  • 08: Photons and Particles
  • 09: Comparative Planetology
  • 10: Optical Telescopes
  • 11: Radio and X-Ray Telescopes
  • 12: The Message in a Spectrum
  • 13: The Properties of Stars
  • 14: Planets around Other Stars
  • 15: Why Stars Shine
  • 16: Simple Stellar Models
  • 17: White Dwarfs
  • 18: When Stars Grow Old
  • 19: Supernovas and Neutron Stars
  • 20: Gravitational Waves
  • 21: The Milky Way and Other Galaxies
  • 22: Dark Matter
  • 23: The First Atoms and the First Nuclei
  • 24: The History of the Universe
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Joshua N. Winn

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