Physics:

1) Johannes Kepler and his laws

2) Aside: Galileo

3) Thermodynamics

Astronomy:

4) Earth and moon, seasons and phases, eclipses

5) Tides

6) General properties of stars

7) Formation of stars and planets

8) Meteorites

9) Late Heavy Bombardment and the formation of planets

10) The main sequence and the Solar System today

11) After the main sequence and deaths of stars

12) Technique: Doppler shift

13) Extrasolar planets [Demo]

14) Galaxies, cosmology, and the scale of the Universe

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