- Course
Description: To encourage a wide student body studying in many different fields
to realize how magnificent the universe is, without resorting to complex
mathematics, and to understand what scientists are doing about it.
- Textbook and/or Resources: [1] Lecture notes. [2] In Quest of the Universe, Translation editor: Assoc. Dr. Tolga Güver, Nobel Academic Publishing, 2017. [3] Astronomy – The Universe at a Glance, Translation Editor: Mutlu Yıldız Prof. Dr. H. Hüseyin Öztürk, Nobel Life, 2016
- Course content:
View from
Earth, The Sky, Movement of the Sun in the Sky, Phases of the Moon, Lunar
Eclipse, Solar Eclipse
Observations
of Planetary Movements, Rotation, Distance Units in Astronomy, Scale of the
Universe, Astronomy Today
Science and
Its Methods of Knowing, From the Geocentric System to the Heliocentric System,
the Ancient Greek Geocentric System, Aristarchus' Heliocentric Model, Nikolas
Copernicus, and the Heliocentric Model, Comparison of Models
Tycho
Brahe: The Importance of Sensitive Observations, Johannes Kepler and the Laws
of Planetary Motion, Kepler's Contribution
Galileo
Galilei and Telescope, Isaac Newton's Great Synthesis, Circular Motion,
Universal Gravity Law, Newton's Laws, and Kepler's Laws
Orbits and
Center of Mass, Beyond Newton, General Theory of Relativity, Gravity and
Einstein
Kelvin
Temperature Scale, Wave Nature of Light, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Color of
Planets and Stars
Spectral
Types, Bohr Atomic Model, Doppler Effect, Inverse Square Radiation
Refraction
and Image Formation, Lens Telescope, Mirror Telescope
Radio
Telescopes, Interferometry, Determination of Other Types of Electromagnetic
Radiation
Interstellar
Matter and Star Formation, the Lives, and Deaths of Small Mass Stars
Death of
Massive Stars, Black Holes, Properties of Black Holes
Diversity
of Galaxies, Hubble Classification, Measuring Galaxies, Milky Way Galaxy
Searching
for a Center and Edge in the Universe, Expanding Universe, Big Bang, Future of
the Universe
- Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Knows
Moon, Sun, and Planet movements and distance units in Astronomy.
2. Knows
and compares the models developed about the solar system from past to present.
3. Knows
the observations and laws that led to the development of modern astronomy.
4. Defines
the nature of electromagnetic radiation and explains which properties of
celestial bodies can be determined by this radiation.
5. Knows
the life process of stars. Explain the concept of a black hole.
6. Knows
the theories about the formation of the universe. Explain the subjects of
galaxies, dark matter, and dark energy.
7. To be
able to describe how scientists combine observation, theory, and testing to
understand the universe.
