Lecture 12 outline and notes

Physics:

0) Review: Electromagnetic radiation, light, and the spectrum

1) Review: Spectroscopy

2) Review: Some history of astronomy

3) Review: Johannes Kepler and his laws

4) Review: Aside: Galileo

5) Isaac Newton and his laws [Demo]

6) Gravity -- everybody's law

7) Thermodynamics

Astronomy

7) Earth and moon, seasons and phases, eclipses [Demo]

8) Tides


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