ASTR 160 - Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics
Lecture 01 - Introduction. Professor Bailyn introduces the course and discusses the course material and requirements. The three major topics that the course will cover are (1) exoplanets - planets around stars other than the Sun, (2) black holes - stars whose gravitational pull is so strong that even their own light rays cannot escape, and (3) cosmology - the study of the Universe as a whole. Class proper begins with a discussion on planetary orbits. A brief history of astronomy is also given and its major contributors over the centuries are introduced: Ptolemy, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 01 - Introduction |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction |
| [00:05:38] | 2. Topics of the Course |
| [00:12:57] | 3. Course Requirements |
| [00:21:03] | 4. Planetary Orbits |
| [00:31:32] | 5. From Newton's Laws of Motion to the Theory of Everything |
| [00:38:10] | 6. The Newtonian Modification of Kepler's Third Law |
| References |
| ASTR 160: Lecture 1 - Introduction Instructor: Professor Charles Bailyn. Class Notes Lecture 1 [pdf]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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