PHYS 155 - Descriptive Astronomy:Creation and Cosmology

Institution:

Southern Adventist University

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Description:

Constellations and eclipses, astronomical instruments, time and the date line and calendars, astronomical objects with their motions and distances, energy processes in stars and quasars and pulsars, black holes, the infinity (?) and expansion (?) of the universe. Cosmology, the formation and subsequent histories of the solar system and the earth, radioactive dating, life on other worlds, as seen from observational and Biblical perspectives. Three hours lecture each week, with optional opportunities for an observation period. (Fall)

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.southern.edu

Phone Number:

(423) 236-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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