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Tentative schedule of topics
(This never works perfectly but any plan is better than no plan)

Class Day/Date Topics Readings
1 T 9/3 Introduction, the Local Sky
2 T 9/10/96 History, Kepler's Laws Introduction, Chapter 1
3 T 9/17/96 Gravity, Newton's Laws, Local sky Chapter 2, Essay 1
4 T 9/24/96 Light and atoms, telescopes
(Really important)		 Chapter 3, Essay 2 and Essay 3
5 T 10/1/96 The Earth, The Greenhouse effect and other Environmental matters Chapter 4
6 T 10/8/96 Time, The Moon, and Space exploration Chapter 5, Essay 4
7 T 10/15/96 Overview of the Solar System Chapter 6
8 T 10/22/96 The terrestrial planets Chapter 7
9 T 10/29/96 Life on Earth and elsewhere Essay 5
10 T 11/5/96 The outer planets, Asteroids and comets Chapter 8, 9
11 T 11/12/96 Class was cancelled Chapter 10
12 T 11/19/96 The Sun and You are here Introduction, Chapter 16
T 11/26/96 Thanksgiving break -- No Class
13 T 12/3/96 Advanced Internet for students.
Basic nuclear weapons.
Final Exam handed out.
14 T 12/10/96 in-class work on Final
Thursday 12/19/96 FINAL EXAM DUE by 8:15 pm