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Day |
Humanities
101B |
Physics 104A |
Film |
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Mon
1st |
Introduction |
Introduction
and Pre-Assessment
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Tue 2nd |
Novel Experience
A Gracious Plenty
(Dinner and Discussion
6:00pm) |
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Wed
3rd |
Honor Code, College Essays, <emma>
(SMH 1-22) |
What is Science?
(Bacon Article)
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Fri
5th |
<emma> and SMH
(Novel Exp. Paper Due) |
What is "Hard Science Fiction"?
(Hard Science Fiction Article) |
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Mon
8th |
Beggars in Spain (part I) by
Nancy Kress
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Genetics and the Human Body
(web link article on <emma>)
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Gattaca
7:00-9:30pm
McMillan Theater
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Wed
10th
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Writing: My Thoughts about Science Fiction |
The History of Celestial Mechanics
Quiz
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 1-4) |
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Fri
12th
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Beggars in Spain (part II)
by
Nancy Kress
Gattaca: Discussion
Quiz
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Newtonian Mechanics and Chemical Rockets I
(web link article on <emma>) |
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Mon
15th
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Reasons to be Cheerful
by
Greg Egan
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Chemical Rockets II
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Wed
17th
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Writing
(Paper 1 due: upload to <emma> by midnight)
(SMH 832-835)
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The Electromagnetic Field and Telepathy
Quiz
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 22)
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 5) |
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Thurs 18th |
Novel Experience
A Gracious Plenty
(Convocation
11:00am-12:00pm)
(Also 7:30pm, McMillan Theater) |
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Fri
19th
|
Understand
by
Ted Chiang
Quiz
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The Electromagnetic Field and Psychokinesis
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 20-21)
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 6)
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Mon
22nd
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Private Eye by
Henry Kuttner |
The Standard Model I and Precognition
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 36-37)
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 15)
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Tues
23rd |
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Minority
Report
7:00-9:30pm
RMSC Rm 122 |
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Wed
24th
|
Writing
Exercise
Minority Report: Discussion |
Optics and the Eye I
Quiz
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 14-16) |
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Fri 26th |
Different Kinds of Darkness
by
David Langford
Quiz |
Optics and the Eye II
(web link article on <emma>) |
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Mon 29th |
The Lady Vanishes
by Charles Sheffield |
Optics and Invisibility
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 2) |
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Day |
Humanities
101B |
Physics 104A |
Film |
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Wed 1st |
Light of Other Days
by Bob Shaw |
Review for Test
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Fri 3rd |
Writing Conference
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Writing Conference
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Mon 6th |
Kinds
of Strangers
by
Sarah Zettel
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Test I |
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Tues
7th |
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StarMan
7:00-9:30pm
Olin Theater |
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Wed
8th |
Writing
(Paper
2 due) |
Star Ships and Interstellar Travel I
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 34-35)
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 9)
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Fri
10th
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The Cold Equations
by Tom Godwin
Starman: Discussion
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Star Ships and Interstellar Travel II
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 40-42) |
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Mon
13th
|
Beyond the Aquila Rift
by Alastair Reynolds
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Relativity and Traveling Faster than Light
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 11) |
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Wed
15th
|
Library Orientation |
Relativity and Black Holes |
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Fri
17th
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On the Orion Line
by
Stephen Baxter
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Lasers, Phasors, and the Conservation of Energy I
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 3) |
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Mon
20th
|
A
Walk in the Sun
by
Geoffrey Landis
Quiz
|
The Earth Moon System and the Lunar Environment
Quiz
(web link article on <emma>)
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Tues 21st |
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Sunshine
7:30-9:30pm
McMillan Theater |
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Wed
22th
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Writing
Sunshine: Discussion
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Force Fields and Superconductivity
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 1)
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Fri
24nd
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Fall
Break
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Fall
Break |
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Mon
27th
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Of Late I Dreamt of Venus
by
James Van Pelt
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The Nature of the Solar System I
(web link article on <emma>)
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Wed
29th
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Writing
(Paper
3 due)
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Review for Test |
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Fri
31st
|
All the Hues of Hell
by
Gene Wolfe
Quiz |
Test II
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Day |
Humanities
101B |
Physics 104A |
Film |
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Mon 3rd |
Bicycle
Repairman by
Bruce Sterling
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Conservation of Energy II
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 5 and Ch. 9)
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 14)
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Tues 4th |
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Blade
Runner
7:30-9:30pm
McMillan Theater |
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Wed 5th |
Writing
Blade Runner: Discussion |
Robots and Androids
Quiz
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 7)
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Fri
7th |
Fast Times at Fairmont High
(pgs. 743-765)
by
Vernor Vinge
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Computers and A.I. I
(web link article on <emma>) |
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Mon
10th |
Fast Times at Fairmont High
(pgs. 765-785)
by
Vernor Vinge
Quiz |
Computers and A.I. II
(web link article on <emma>)
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Wed
12th
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Crucifixion Variations
by
Lawrence Person
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Quantum Mechanics I and Parallel Universes
Quiz
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 13)
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Fri 14th
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No Class
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No Class
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Mon 17th
|
Ripples in the Dirac Sea
by Geoffrey Landis |
Is Time Travel Possible? I
(Phys of Imp, Ch. 12)
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Tues
18th |
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Back to the Future
7:30-9:30pm
McMillan Theater |
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Wed 19th |
Writing
(Paper
4 due)
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Is Time Travel Possible?
II
Quiz
(web link article on <emma>) |
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Fri
21st
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Built Upon the Sands of Time
by Michael Flynn
Back to the Future: Discussion |
Quantum Mechanics II
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 25-29) |
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Mon 24th
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The Star
by Arthur C. Clarke
Making Light
by James Hogan
Quiz |
Stellar Evolution and Cosmology
(50 Phys Ideas, Ch. 44-46) |
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Wed 26th |
Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving
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Fri 28th |
Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving |
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