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01:750:109. ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY (3)

  • Course Description:
    No prerequisite. For nonscience majors. May not be taken for physics or astrophysics major or minor credit. Courses 750:109 and 750:110 are independent and may be taken in either order or concurrently.

    A predominantly descriptive introduction to current ideas concerning the nature and origin of the earth, the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe; neutron stars and black holes; the "big-bang"; the possibility of life outside the earth. 750:109: Development of our understanding of the solar system from the time of the Greeks to the present day. 750:110: Current understanding of stars, galaxies and the universe.

    Fall 2023 Section 02: https://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~croft/109-F23.html.
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