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LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Astronomy 202
Date of last modification:
16/12/2010
Class 26/08: Slides
Topics covered:
- Albert Einstein, General Relativity and Special Relativity in a nutshell
- Intro to Big Bang theory (not the sitcom)
- Evolution of its pressure, temperature
- Expansion and cooling, formation of protogalaxies
- The development of photography and its applications in astronomy
- Spectroscopy in astronomy
- Cepheid pulsating variable stars, the period-luminosity relationship
- The size of the Universe
- The expansion of the Universe
- Hubble's constant, the age and fate of the Universe
- Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation
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