Resources

Items posted here include PDFs of my lecture notes and other material I decide might be relevant.  I'll attempt to post the lecture notes the evening before each lecture.  That way you have the option of bringing a paper or electronic copy to class to follow/annotate as you like. 

Lecture Notes

Part 1 (1/10)

Part 2 (1/10 and 1/12)

Part 3 (1/12)

Part 4 (1/17)

Part 5 (1/17 and 1/19)

Part 6 (1/19 and 1/24)

Part 7 (1/24... material rearranged in this section 1/21)

Part 8 (1/24... contains material formerly posted in part 7)

Part 9 (1/26)

Part 10 (1/26)

Part 11 (1/31)

Part 12 (1/31)

Part 13 (1/31)

Part 14 (1/31 and 2/2)

Part 15 (2/2)

Part 16 (2/2 and 2/7)

Part 17 (2/7)

Part 18 (2/9)

Part 19 (2/9 and 2/14)

Part 20 (2/14)

Part 21 (2/16)

Part 22 (2/16)

Part 23 (2/16)

Part 24 (2/16 and 2/21)

Part 25 (2/21)

Part 26  (2/21 and 2/23)

Part 27 (2/23)

Part 28 (2/23)

Slides from 2/28 Knox lecture

Slides from 3/2 Fassnacht lecture

Part 29 (3/7)

Part 30 (3/7 and 3/9)

Part 31 

Part 31 connects with these "Slides on Big Bang Cosmology and Cosmic Inflation" (3/9 and 3/14)

Part 32 

Part 32 connects with these slides "Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse"

Physics Resources

Notes on Dimensional Analysis 

FRW notes

Resournces from Phy 262 (Grad level cosmology)

Discover Magazine article on the Multiverse (March/April 2023)

Dark Universe | California Academy of Sciences (calacademy.org) (Planetarium show)

General Student Resources

"Growth Mindset" article from the APS

UCD Student Resources FAQ