Astronomy 336 Spring 2013
Instructor: Prof. Jay M. Pasachoff, 115 Thompson Physics and Astronomy Lab, x2105, jay.m.pasachoff@williams.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays, 11:15-12:15, Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., by appointment, and by stopping in most any old time.
Class meetings: Wednesdays, 1:10-3:30, Thompson Physics and Astronomy Lab 113
additional meeting:
Wednesday, January 30, 8 pm (organizational section)
session with Prof Laurence Krauss, part of our Wednesday, February 6, first full meeting;
please attend his public lecture on Tuesday night, February 5
Many books are on on reserve a shelf behind the checkout desk in Schow.
Many articles are in electronic reserves administered by Schow Library.
To access them:
http://www.williams.edu/library
á
under http://francis.williams.edu/search/r
á use course number: astronomy 336, and press return or click the Find button
á books on reserve are listed, as is access to on-line articles, as follows:
á click on an entry in the top center: Online Course Material (e-reserves)
á enter your password: ASTR336
Jodi Psoter at Schow is the
librarian who arranges the electronic reserves
Requirements:
Attending all sessions;
participating in class
First paper due, Wednesday, March
6 (10 pages)
Second paper due, Wednesday, April
10 (10 pages)
Final paper due, Wednesday, May
1 (15 pages)
no exams
General periodical
resources in Schow:
The Skeptical Inquirer, BF1001.S47 and electronic resource
and book: Kendrick Frazier, ed.,
Science under siege : defending science, exposing pseudoscience
The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, Schow: R733.S39
References to this
course
Chronicle of Higher Education article (September 9, 2005)
(see online resource)