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640-176 "The Solar System and the Cosmos" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Physics, Faculty of Science (v4, p226) : Next:640-177 | Prev:640-162
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Dr. Rachel Webster
Contact: 39 lectures (three a week) and 12 x 3-hour practical sessions
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
By the completion of the course the student should:
- have acquired a broad comprehension of the structure and scale of the universe
- appreciate the scientific methods used to investigate and understand the solar system and the cosmos.
Content:
Basic planetary science, exploration of the solar system, historical ideas of the cosmos. Solar system: structure and possible origin of the solar system, the terrestrial and Jovian planets, comets and asteroids. Basic ideas in special and general relativity, space-time, curved space. Cosmology: the big bang models, Olbers' paradox, missing mass, galaxy formation, the early universe, extraterrestrial life.
Assessment:
a 3-hour end-of-semester written examination (75 per cent); continuously assessed practical work (25 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
1. Physics, Faculty of Science (v4, p226) : Next:640-177 | Prev:640-162
2. Astronomy, Faculty of Arts (v3, p24) : Next:640-177
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Dr. Rachel Webster.
Contact: 39 lectures (three a week) and 12 x 3-hour practical sessions
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
By the completion of the subject the student should:
- have acquired a broad comprehension of the structure and scale of the universe
- appreciate the scientific methods used to investigate and understand the solar system and the cosmos.
Content:
Basic planetary science, exploration of the solar system, historical ideas of the cosmos. Solar system: structure and possible origin of the solar system, the terrestrial and Jovian planets, comets and asteroids. Basic ideas in special and general relativity, space-time, curved space. Cosmology: the big bang models, Olbers' paradox, missing mass, galaxy formation, the early universe, extraterrestrial life.
Assessment:
a 3-hour end-of-semester written examination (75 per cent); continuously assessed practical work (25 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
* Note that OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Astronomy, Faculty of Arts (v3, p24) : Next:640-177
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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