Class 5. 1/20/05

Highlights:
* We viewed some animations and finished discussing this week's material, as listed in the Preview below.
* We spent time going over organization and policy matter of the course.
* Handed back graded HW2, thanks to Mr. Greer for his promptness.
* We reviewed the statistics of HW2. We congratulate those who did excellent work and received bonus-pt. We need to improve the performance of those students who got low scores.
 

Preview:
We will discuss the material covered in the following reading material and HW3. Please finish reading them before the class, if have not done so before Class 4.
   · P.56-85  of  TB1:     Chpt 3, The Science of Astronomy;. 
   · P.114-128  of  TB1: Chpt 4 of  TB1, A Universe of Matter and Energy;
   · p.23 - p.52 of TB2,  Chpt 2, Space, Time, and the Eye of the Beholder.