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Date | Day | Reading | Topic |
| 1 | 1 | Aug 26 | W | Fowler: Ch. 1 | 0: Introduction |
| 2 | Aug 28 | F | Fowler: Ch. 2: Counting in Babylon | 1: Counting in Babylon | |
| 2 | 3 | Aug 31 | M | Fowler: Ch. 2: Counting in Babylon | 2: Early Geometry |
| 4 | Sep 2 | W | Fowler: Ch. 3: Early Greek Science | 3: Early Greek Science | |
| 5 | Sep 4 | F | Fowler: Ch. 3: Early Greek Science | Problem Set 1 | |
| 3 | 6 | Sep 7 | M | Fowler: Ch. 3: Early Greek Science | 4: Pythagoras |
| 7 | Sep 9 | W | Fowler: Ch. 5: Aristotle | 5: Plato and Aristotle | |
| 8 | Sep 11 | F | Cohen: Ch. 2 | Problem Set 2 | |
| 4 | 9 | Sep 14 | M | Fowler: Ch. 7: Greek Science after Aristotle | 6: Later Greek Science |
| 10 | Sep 16 | W | Fowler: Ch. 7: Greek Science after Aristotle | 6: Later Greek Science | |
| 11 | Sep 18 | F | Problem Set 3 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Sep 21 | M | Fowler: Ch. 4: Motion in the Heavens | 7: Greek Astronomy 1 |
| 13 | Sep 23 | W | Fowler: Ch. 6: Measuring the Solar System | Problem Set 4 | |
| 14 | Sep 25 | F | Fowler: Ch. 9: Greek Astronomy | 8: Greek Astronomy 2 | |
| 6 | 15 | Sep 28 | M | Fowler: Ch. 9: Greek Astronomy | 8: Greek Astronomy 2 |
| 16 | Sep 30 | W | Fowler: Ch. 9: Greek Astronomy | 8: Greek Astronomy 2 | |
| Oct 2 | F | No Class | Problem Set 5 due | ||
| 7 | Oct 5 | M | Reading Day | ||
| Oct 7 | W | Midterm 1 (Lectures 1 - 8) | |||
| 18 | Oct 9 | F | Fowler: Ch. 10: Classical Knowledge Reaches Baghdad | 9: Dissemination of Greek Learning | |
| 8 | 19 | Oct 12 | M | Fowler: Ch. 18: Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler | 10: Copernicun Revolution |
| 20 | Oct 14 | W | Fowler: Ch. 12: Galileo and the Telescope | Problem Set 6 | |
| 21 | Oct 16 | F | Fowler: Ch. 13: Life of Galileo | 11: Galileo | |
| 9 | 22 | Oct 19 | M | 12: Path to Newoton | |
| 23 | Oct 21 | W | Problem Set 7 | ||
| 24 | Oct 23 | F | 13: Newton | ||
| 10 | 25 | Oct 26 | M | 13: Newton | |
| 26 | Oct 28 | W | 14: The Speed of Light | ||
| 27 | Oct 30 | F | 26: | ||
| 11 | 28 | Nov 2 | M | 27: | |
| 29 | Nov 4 | W | 28: | ||
| 30 | Nov 6 | F | Probing the Structures of Pyramids using Cosmic Ray Muons | ||
| 12 | 31 | Nov 9 | M | 30: | |
| 32 | Nov 11 | W | 31: | ||
| 33 | Nov 13 | F | 32: | ||
| 13 | 34 | Nov 16 | M | 33: | |
| 35 | Nov 18 | W | 34: | ||
| Nov 20 | F | Midterm 2 (Lectures ) | |||
| 14 | 36 | Nov 23 | M | 35: | |
| Nov 25 | W | Thanksgiving | |||
| Nov 27 | F | Thanksgiving | |||
| 15 | 37 | Nov 30 | M | 36: | |
| 38 | Dec 2 | W | 37: | ||
| 39 | Dec 4 | F | 38: | ||
| 16 | 40 | Dec 7 | M | 39: | |
| Dec 17 | R | Final Exam (comprehensive) | 0900-1200 | ||