We will learn how to deal with new information and new questions, as they arise. We will learn to see Science as an open-ended game. We will try to help you appreciate what you see in the sky. What its contribution has been, is and will be on our general view of the world. What the merits and the limitations of science are.
Science is the most daring spiritual enterprise humanity has undertaken.
We will help you reach a point where you can read and understand a popular Astronomy Magazine and the Science Section in newspapers , and to understand the new discoveries that will be made during the next decade . We will try to get you to appreciate the space program and to find out some of the exciting things we do in Morse Hall on Campus. The lectures will lay the foundations and build the thought bridges for the important points raised in the Review. The most important underlying principles in understanding astronomy will be demonstrated with simple experiments or with computer animations in class. The lectures will also cover supplementary issues to the book.