Cosmology 201
Lecture 1: Cosmology, a survey [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 2: Ancient mythology and modern cosmology: Is there a difference ? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 3: History of cosmology I: Greek cosmology [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 4: History of cosmology II: The renaissance [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 5: History of cosmology III: Cosmology becomes a science [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 6: Newton's laws: The foundation of modern science [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 7: Newton's law of gravity: Is there a difference between an apple and the Moon ? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 8: Measuring distances in astronomy I [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 9: Measuring distances in astronomy II [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 10: History of cosmology IV: Determining the size and age of the Universe [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 11: Newton's cosmology I: Absolute space and time [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 12: Newton's cosmology II: Measures [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 13: Newton's cosmology III: Relativity before Einstein [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 14: Special relativity I: Speed limit 186000 mi/s and common sense makes no sense [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 15: Special relativity II: Doppler shift or how the police finds you speeding or how astronomers find galaxies moving [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 16: Special relativity III: space + time = space-time or what is now, then and there ? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 17: Special relativity IV: Paradoxes or how twins can or cannot find out who is the older one [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 18: General relativity I: Is mass and mass the same thing ? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 19: General relativity II: Mass curves space [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 20: General relativity III: Geometry in a curved space or when three angles do not add up to 180 degrees or what wrapping up Christmas presents can teach you about cosmology [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 21: General relativity IV: writing down the entire Universe in one line [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 22: General relativity V: can we test it?! [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 23: Black holes I: the Universe's ultimate lock box! [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 24: Black holes II: the Universe's ultimate lock box? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 25: The expanding universe I: How do we know [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 26: The expanding Universe II: How does it expand? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 27: The expanding Universe III: How is it curved? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 28: The big-bang model I: Making the Universe comprehensible [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 29: The big-bang model II: The cosmological constant: Einstein's greatest blunder or tomorrow's Nobel prize ? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 30: The big-bang model III: The life of a Universe [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 31: The cosmic microwave background I: Seeing the Universe when it was young [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 32: The cosmic microwave background II: "The signature of God" [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 33: Measuring cosmological parameters: From hand-waving arguments to precision cosmology [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 34: The early Universe I: Cooking the helium in the Universe [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 35: The early Universe II: Astrophysics joins particle physics [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 36: Structure in the Universe: How to make galaxies [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 37: Dark matter I: Weighing the Universe - let's have a recount [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 38: Dark matter II: What is it ? [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 39: Dark matter III: Structure formation in the universe [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 40: Simulating the Universe in a computer [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 41: Frontiers in cosmology I: Inflation stockbrokers are not afraid of [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]
Lecture 42: Frontiers in cosmology II: quantum cosmology, strings and wrapped dimensions - the really weird stuff [.ppt] [.pdf] [.html]


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