Lecture Topics

• Physics Primer

Main Points

• Newton's laws
• The four fundamental fources
• gravity
• electromagnetism
• the strong force
• the weak force

Assigned readings
and bibliography

Required Readings

• Chapter 2

Other useful resources

• SETI on-line module (/tutorial)
• AST101 notes (from Cornell U.): Lecture 6 (instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/index.htm)
• www.astronomynotes.com