ASTR 6
Cosmology: Our Changing Concepts of Universe
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Exposition of ideas about structure and evolution of universe and its contents. Special and general relativity; black holes, neutron stars, and other endpoints of stellar evolution. Expanding universe, cosmic microwave background radiation, dark matter. Big Bang and inflation. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
Most Helpful Review
Professor Wright isn't bad if you go into his class knowing something about Astro, or are really good at pouring through lecture notes. However, he is not a good teacher. He is really bitter about not having a nobel prize yet, and constantly is defining things to his students in terms of things we don't know, and mumbles alot. He gives pop quizes, so you have to go to lecture, but its a pain every time.
Professor Wright isn't bad if you go into his class knowing something about Astro, or are really good at pouring through lecture notes. However, he is not a good teacher. He is really bitter about not having a nobel prize yet, and constantly is defining things to his students in terms of things we don't know, and mumbles alot. He gives pop quizes, so you have to go to lecture, but its a pain every time.