Big Bang, Black Holes, No Math

Prof. David Toback

Note: I will periodically update the textbook chapters.
Download the most up-to-date version of the full book Here (Last updated 05/14/13)
Chapter Number and Title	Last Updated	Lecture Notes
Unit 1: Introduction
Ch. 0: Preface	05/04/13
Ch. 1: Introduction	05/04/13	Ch. 1
Ch. 2: Going Big	05/06/13	Ch. 2
Ch. 3: Going Small	05/04/13	Ch. 3
Ch. 4: Evidence and the Scientific Method	05/10/13	Ch. 4
Unit 2: Physics We Need: General Relativity, Dark Matter and Quantum Mechanics
Ch. 5: Light and Doppler Shifts	04/19/13	Ch. 5
Ch. 6: Gravity, General Relativity and Dark Matter	04/30/13	Ch. 6
Ch. 7: Atomic Physics and Quantum Mechanics	04/17/13	Ch. 7
Ch. 8: Nuclear Physics and Chemistry	04/26/13	Ch. 8
Ch. 9: Temperature and Thermal Equilibrium	03/31/13	Ch. 9
Unit 3: Evidence for the Big Bang
Ch. 10: The Exploding Universe	05/04/13	Ch. 10
Ch. 11: Expanding Space-Time	04/17/13	Ch. 11
Ch. 12: Photons and Hydrogen in the Universe	05/11/13	Ch. 12
Unit 4: Evolution of the Universe: What happened after the bang
Ch. 13: The Early Universe	05/12/13	Ch. 13
Ch. 14: After the First Three Minutes	05/06/13	Ch. 14
Unit 5: Massive Things: Galaxies, Stars and Black Holes
Ch. 15: Galaxies	05/09/13	Ch. 15
Ch. 16: Stars	05/06/13	Ch. 16
Ch. 17: Black Holes	05/06/13	Ch. 17
Unit 6: Early Times, Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe
Ch. 18: Possible Fates of the Universe, Dark Matter and Dark Energy	05/14/13	Ch. 18
Ch. 19: Particle Physics, Dark Matter and the Very Early Universe	05/11/13	Ch. 19
Ch. 20: Inflation and the Earliest Moments in Time	05/11/13	Ch. 20

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(Last updated by Dave Toback on 06/14/13)