Description: Physical and mathematical principles applied to the study of astronomy, binary stars, stellar structure and evolution, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, quasars, and cosmology. Physics of stars: gas and radiation laws, stellar atmospheres and spectra, stellar interiors, and evolution. Because astrophysics is a very broad subject, astrophysicists typically apply many disciplines of physics, including mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, relativity, nuclear and particle physics, and atomic and molecular physics. In practice, modern astronomical research involves a substantial amount of physics.

Syllabus: Every exploration begins with an origin. Thus, so does this course. The structure, outline, and policies of the class are set-up within the syllabus. Please, look it over and decide to join us.

The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is at all comprehensible. - Albert Einstein

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars -- Les Brown

Homework Assignments: As you guessed, as we explore every now and then we must stop, do a calculation or two, check our progress so as to make sure we are not lost along the way.