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Table of contents

Physics and Astronomy
Goals
Topics
Models of Physics
Classical Physics
Classical Gravity
Fun with Ellipses
Kepler’s Laws
Planetary motion
Light
Light as Waves
Spectrum
Relativity
Origin
Einstein – Special Relativity
Einstein – General Relativity
Representing Space/Time
“Great Circle” on earth
If you could picture the 3rd Dimension
Gravity as warped space
The Perihelion of Mercury
Gravitational Lensing
Black body radiation
Hotter Stars are Bluer
What about Something REALLY Hot
COBE and WMAP
Quantum Mechanics
Light (Revisited)
Tuning Fork Analogy
The Bohr vs. Quantum Atom
The Real Atom
Fluorescence
Spectra (Absorption)
Spectra (Emission)
How Astronomers Collect Spectra
Doppler Shift
Doppler and Spectra
Hubble and Expanding Universe
Gravity (Revisited)
Discovering Planets
Some Other Topics to Explore
Simple Math Disproves Astrology

Author: Rob Hawley

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