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Go to “bb” if from the campus network berkeley.edu,
otherwise “blackboard.berkeley.edu” |
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Click “Create Account”. You will have to choose
a username. |
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Fill out all red-starred information slots, then
“submit” at the bottom |
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Click “Courses” tab in upper left; “Letters
& Science”; “Astronomy” |
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Click “Astro 10 (astron10-fa02)” |
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Choose “Enroll in this Course” and follow
directions |
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You should end up in the Astro 10 Announcement
screen |
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You will have to use the username & password
you chose above to log in; this will be your username for the course |
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There will be NO sections this week |
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You are not in the course unless a GSI has
enrolled you on the course website into a section (Telebears aside) |
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For that to happen, you MUST get an account in
Blackboard |
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Sections next week are all in the basement of
Campbell Hall |
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This is not a mathematical course, but there is
simple algebra in it (like L=R2 T4 ) a bit. Critical
thinking IS required. |
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The main source of material is the book, but
lectures tell you what is important (and fill out detail – the book is
brief) |
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Falling behind in reading or homework is fatal –
this material CANNOT be crammed at the end |
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If you aren’t used to critical thinking, or
don’t need the grade, we strongly encourage you to take the course P/NP |
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What is “science”? |
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Empirical : must always be based on observations |
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Predictive : should be able to predict new
observations |
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Reductionist(?) : tries to discover underlying
“laws” |
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Why don’t astronomers believe in astrology? |
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Precession has moved the “Sun signs” |
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The constellations are not real entities |
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Local forces are much greater than forces due to
stars or planets |
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Astrology is not really predictive (rigorous
statistical analyses shows this) |
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[of course, just because it is not science
doesn’t mean it should be banned, just that it shouldn’t pretend to be
science] |
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Notes