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27 August Intro / How do we make decisions
28 August Lab - gambling
29 August Decision making -- Risk Assessment
31 August Decision making -- Risk Assessment
03 September Knowledge
04 September Lab - coins
05 September What is knowledge
07 September What is knowledge
UCUW 7
10 September Workshop
11 September Lab - models and probability dist. UCUW 6
12 September Models
14 September Models
UCUW 8 and 5
17 September Chi-squared re-cap and examples
18 September Lab - Temperature
19 September Are all data equally valid?
21 September Experiments / Uncertainty and Proof
UCUW 2 (and 1-4)
24 September Answering Questions
25 September Lab - Temperature II
26 September Answering Questions
28 September Uncertainty -- the Good and Bad
UCUW 1-4
01 October Uncertainty and the Media
02 October Q&A
03 October Review
05 October EXAM #1
08 October Exponential functions and run-aways
09 October Lab - Exponential growth etc. ITTR 1-2
10 October Stability and Chaos
12 October No Class
15 October Energy -- Thermal energy
16 October Lab - Light, Color, Energy ITTR 3
17 October Wave model of light, photons, E = hc/w
19 October Absorption and Scattering
22 October Thermal emissoin of light (Wein, stefan-boltzman)
23 October Lab - Blackbodies
24 October Equilibrium Tempeature
26 October Venus, Earth, Mars
ITTR 4-5
29 October Atoms/Molecules/line spectra
30 October Lab - spectroscopy
31 October Greenhouse Effect
02 November Greenhoues Effect and multi-zone models
ITTR 10-11, USUW 10-11
05 November Faint sun and warm earth
06 November Lab - greenhouse I
07 November Why is summer warmer than winter
09 November Why is summer warmer than winter
ITTR 13, USUW 10,12
12 November Discussion
13 November Lab - greenhouse II
14 November Review for EXAM 2
16 November EXAM 2