Welcome to the ASTR 348 Home Page for the summer of 2000! This is a descriptive course covering some of the most exotic aspects of modern physics and astronomy, including special and general relativity, black holes, the nature of space and time, and the big bang. This home page contains links to information relevant to this course and to astronomy/physics/cosmology in general. You can reach the instructor via at the following locations:
Special thanks to professor John Hawley for allowing me to make use of his notes, materials, and ASTR 348 website to teach this course. Professor Hawley is also the first author of the textbook we will be using.