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ASTR 3070 - Understanding the Cosmos


Credits: 3

Description: The universe as a whole, as viewed by prehistoric civilizations to the present, including Greek/pre-Greek cosmology, the Copernican revolution, the development of modern cosmology, gravity, galaxies, dark matter, large-scale structure, universal expansion, the background radiation, the big bang and other models, the earliest times, dark energy, and the fate of the universe.

Prerequisite(s): ASTR 2010 .
When Offered: Fall alternate years.