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ilho Kook has successfully completed AstroTech: The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery, a non-credit course offered by The University of Edinburgh. This student met or exceeded minimum passing requirements set by the course instructor, and in recognition of their accomplishment, was issued a Verified Certificate on June 26th 2014.
About this Course
Course Title: AstroTech: The Science and Technology behind Astronomical Discovery
Instructors: Andy Lawrence, Catherine Heymans
Duration of course: 6 weeks
Time commitment: 1-3 hours/week
Course Description:
"How do they know that?"
Modern astronomy has made some astonishing discoveries - how stars burn and how black holes form; galaxies from the edge of the universe and killer rocks right next door; where the elements come from and how the expanding universe is accelerating. But how do we know all that? The truth is that astronomy would be impossible without technology, and every advance in astronomy is really an advance in technology. But the technology by itself is not enough. We have to apply it critically with a knowledge of physics to unlock the secrets of the Universe.
Each week we will cover a different aspect of Astronomical technology, matching each piece of technology to a highlight science result. We will explain how the technology works, how it has allowed us to collect astronomical data, and, with some basic physics, how we the interpret the data to make scientific discoveries.
Syllabus:
Week-1 - Science and Technology : a marriage made in Heaven
Our Knowledge of the Universe
Revolutions in Astronomy
Why Astronomy is hard
The Horse and the Cart
Week-2 - Telescopes : Picturing the Universe
Example story : we are stardust
The technology : how telescopes work
Putting it together : we are stardust part II
Big Telescopes of the future
Week-3 - Space : Getting above it all
Example story : hunting for black holes
The technology : rockets, spacecraft, and orbits
Putting it together : hunting for black holes part II
The future : can space missions get cheaper?
Week-4 - Detectors : Catching the light from the stars
Example story : galaxies from the dawn of time
The technology : CCDs and infra-red arrays
Putting it together : galaxies from the dawn of time part II
Is there another revolution in detector technology?
Week-5 - Computers : Crunching the data
Example story : killer rocks
The technology : computers, databases and the internet
Putting it together : killer rocks part II
The future : hitting the buffers?
Week-6 - Spectrographs : Taking the fingerprints of the stars
Example story : the accelerating universe and dark energy
The technology : how spectrographs work
Putting it together : dark energy part II
The perfect spectrograph?
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