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)