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