An introduction to modern astronomy's most important questions. The four sections of the course are Planets and Life in The Universe; The Life of Stars; Galaxies and Their Environments; The History of The Universe.
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Confronting The Big Questions: Highlights of Modern Astronomy
Universidad de Rochester
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Resultados profesionales del estudiante
25%
comenzó una nueva carrera después de completar estos cursos
17%
consiguió un beneficio tangible en su carrera profesional gracias a este curso
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Aprox. 23 horas para completar
Sugerido: 3-4 hours/week
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Universidad de Rochester
The University of Rochester is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University provides exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by its Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
4 horas para completar
Are we alone in the Universe?
Planets and Life in The Universe - Exoplanets searches, exoplanet census, astrobiology
4 horas para completar
20 videos (Total 132 minutos), 8 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
20 videos
Scientific Notation4m
Our Place in the Cosmos6m
Comparative Planetology5m
Terrestrial Planets10m
Giant Planets9m
Gas Vs Ice Giants5m
Construction Debris9m
Exoplanets7m
Understanding Ellipses2m
Radial Velocities and the Doppler Shift4m
Transiting Planets3m
The Habitable Zone7m
What Exoplanets Have Taught Us8m
Condensation Theory6m
Planet Formation5m
Basic Chemistry2m
DNA and RNA6m
Appearance of Life9m
Are We Alone?9m
8 lecturas
General Overview10m
Grading and Logistics10m
Syllabus10m
About the Professor10m
About the Teaching Assistant10m
Optional Readings10m
Exercises and Activities10m
Lecture Notes10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Week 1 Quiz50m
3 horas para completar
How do Stars Evolve and Die?
The Life of Stars - Star formation, fusion and stellar middle age, black holes and stellar death-
3 horas para completar
19 videos (Total 127 minutos)
19 videos
Nuclear Fusion10m
The Nature of Light8m
Quantum Physics8m
Measuring Stars10m
Forming a Protostar6m
Brown Dwarfs And Very Low Mass Stars7m
The Structure of a G2 Main Sequence Star5m
Solar Magnetic Features8m
Red Giants and Planetary Nebulae8m
White Dwarfs3m
Supernovas and Neutron Stars6m
Frames of Reference2m
Special Relativity7m
General Relativity5m
Escape Velocity2m
Black Holes6m
Journey into a Black Hole7m
Answering the Question3m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Week 2 Quiz50m
2 horas para completar
What Exists Outside our Galaxy?
Galaxies and Their Environments - Galaxy types, Active Galactic Nuclei, Clusters of Clusters of Galaxies
2 horas para completar
17 videos (Total 89 minutos)
17 videos
Interstellar Medium7m
Galactic Distances2m
Climbing the Cosmic Distance Ladder4m
Type Ia Supernovae3m
Metallicity3m
The Milky Way5m
The Galactic Disk5m
The Stellar Halo and the Bulgy Bar6m
The Galactic Center6m
Galactic Zoology6m
Introduction to Dark Matter3m
Types of Active Galactic Nuclei4m
Unified Model for AGN6m
Galaxy Groups and Clusters6m
Superclusters6m
Answering the Question4m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Week 3 Quiz50m
2 horas para completar
What is the Fate of the Universe?
The History of The Universe - Why the Big Bang? A History of Time, What Happened Before the Big Bang
2 horas para completar
15 videos (Total 86 minutos)
15 videos
Hubble’s Law and the Big Bang6m
Space-Time and Quantum Fields5m
The Standard Model of Particle Physics9m
Dark Matter4m
In the Beginning4m
Phase Transitions in the Early Universe4m
BBN and Recombination7m
Observational Evidence5m
The Beginning of Large Scale Structure6m
The Era of Quasars5m
Dark Energy and Cosmic Destiny6m
The Multiverse5m
Recap-History of the Cosmos4m
Answering the Question6m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Week 4 Quiz50m
Revisiones
Principales revisiones sobre CONFRONTING THE BIG QUESTIONS: HIGHLIGHTS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY
por GBJul 31, 2017
Excellent course. Very clear lectures that cover a lot of ground in not a lot of time. Fantastic overview of most of what we know about astronomy and how we know it. Best class I've taken on Coursera.
por AMApr 11, 2018
The is the first time I have rated a course with 5 stars, but this one is worth it. I audited and did not take the exams, but I thoroughly enjoyed the lectures and I learned a lot.
por NSJan 15, 2017
Great teacher! Extremely interesting lessons. The teacher was able to explain very complicated aspects in physics to non specialists audience in an intriguing manner. Thank you!
por CNDec 18, 2016
Easy to follow. Anyone who is interested in Astronomy should take this course. This course is better than the course (Astronomy - Big Questions) that I took at my University.
por BTMar 30, 2019
Very good overview. I thought that some of the questions given were not covered in the lectures, e.g., that all valid combinations of color charge have to be colorless.
por HINov 7, 2019
It was more than excellent course in terms of the modules which cover all the astronomy and astrophysics and cosmology, I have learn new things and I really enjoyed.
por NPAug 7, 2017
Outstanding. Nuanced, yet accessible. Love the professor's infectious passion about the subject, and also his rather lovely choice of words at times!
por NOct 8, 2019
This course was very theoretical, I was expecting a bit more data and a bit more details of the processes by which we take various measurements.
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