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Confronting The Big Questions

An introduction to modern astronomy's most important questions. The four sections of the course are Planets and Life in The Universe; The Life of Stars; Galaxies and Their Environments; The History of The Universe.
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Rating 4.5 based on 106 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 3-4 hours/week
Starts Jul 10 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of Rochester via Coursera
Instructor Adam Frank
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Language English
Subjects Engineering Science
Tags Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy

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easy to follow

Easy to follow.

Very easy to follow, and immensely interesting.

Instructive and easy to follow.

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astrophysics and cosmology

The teaching style was nice, and it covers basics of astrobiology, astrophysics and cosmology, and it's somewhere between an introductory course and an intermediate one (the quizzes aren't that easy).

It was more than excellent course in terms of the modules which cover all the astronomy and astrophysics and cosmology, I have learn new things and I really enjoyed.

take this course

Anyone who is interested in Astronomy should take this course.

Sounds hard, but easy actually.Thanks Prof. Adam Frank.Everyone can take this course, even without science background.

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video lectures

Again a course that comes with very simple (and not always good prepared) video lectures but for recieving a grade an enormous math knowledge is necessary, with no further help given Really enjoyed this course which gives a good summary about astronomy to beginners like me.

Now this course might seem small but it is not, the test are really challenging and the knowledge of video lectures aren't enough, you have to dig deep and study from other sources too.

Although only 4 weeks long, each module covers at least 15 video lectures, so it would take you a whole day to go through that week's lectures.

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highly recommend

Each of the courses I took was different and had a unique perspective, so they were all worthwhile, but this is the astronomy course from which I learned the most and which I most highly recommend.

simple, easy and important topics, I highly recommend this course.

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modern astronomy

A well thought out overview of modern astronomy.

The exerises where we used simulators were the final touch to completly understand concepts Very good overview of modern astronomy.

End-of-week quiz contains materials not covered in the course videos, and is significantly more difficult Excellent overview of the highlights of modern astronomy and a good stimulus ro further study of material covered.

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really enjoyed

It's about the big bang, supermassive black holes, and how a star is born and dies.. and then some :)I really enjoyed taking this course.

twas nice excellent course really enjoyed it... 老师讲的很好,短期内让我学到很多知识~感谢^_^ Good overview of the topic.

very good

This is a very good and informational course : however, the person who is speaking tends to have a lot of mums and stammers a lot.

Very good course.

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for beginners

Not for beginners in the slightest.

Unfortunately, there are no problems or math assignments, but this may be a positive thing for beginners wanting to experience the wonderful world of astronomy.

my first

love it It's my first course on Coursera, and also my first astronomy course.It was fantastic, No lot's of calculation, but more focus on the concepts, such as relativity, standard model of particles, quantum mechanics.

This being my first enrollment on Coursera, I cannot but expect the best, as these first lectures have really set the tone.

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Rating 4.5 based on 106 ratings
Length 5 weeks
Effort 3-4 hours/week
Starts Jul 10 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From University of Rochester via Coursera
Instructor Adam Frank
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Engineering Science
Tags Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy

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