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Space, Time and Motion
Physical Science

Throughout history, people have grappled with fundamental questions about the physical origin, workings, and behavior of the universe. This course explores our changing comprehension of motion, time, space, and matter through the ideas of the ancient Greek philosophers, Galileo, Newton and Einstein. You'll learn how physicists measure mass, weight, and the speed of light, and how these basic measures relate to the nature of time, thermodynamics, Einstein's theories, and the wider social sphere.

Important Documents
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Course Textbook

One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos
by Neil De Grasse Tyson, Robert Irion, Charles Tsun-Chu Liu
Hardcover: 218 pages
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press (March 2000)
ISBN: 0309064880
Online Bookseller: Amazon

Online version of the textbook (available for free)


Authoring Scientists
These scientists were involved in creating the materials used in this course. They may or may not be involved in the online discussions during the course.
Dr. Orsola DeMarco

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Dr. Charles Liu

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