Supplementary material will be added during semester
Before Classic Greek Civilization: Babylon and Egypt
Ancient Greece: Thales, Pythaorous, Erastosthenes
Galileo - history - astronomy & telescope
Galileo - motion and mecahnics
Video clips on Kepler's laws:
First Law
Second Law, part 1
Second Law, part 3
Third Law
Movie on Elliptical orbits
Movie of Orian Nebula Expansion newton-hooke-halley.ppt
Newton, Hooke and Halley. How did Halley's comet influence Newton?
Taught by: Prof.
Richard Martin, rmartin@uiuc.edu, Loomis 301A, 333-4229
Office Hours: After class 10:30-11am (longer if needed) or by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Joseph Jun, jun1@uiuc.edu, 6-105 Eng. Sci.
Building, 333-4736
Office Hours: TBA - or by appointment.
Send reports of problems to your TA, Joseph Jun, jun1@uiuc.edu