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30 hours

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  • Beginner Level
  • Approx. 30 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish, Romanian
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  • We have learned a lot recently about how the Universe evolved in 13.7 billion years since the Big Bang. More than 80% of matter in the Universe is mysterious Dark Matter, which made stars and galaxies to form. The newly discovered Higgs-boson became frozen into the Universe a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang and brought order to the Universe. Yet we still do not know how ordinary matter (atoms) survived against total annihilation by Anti-Matter. The expansion of the Universe started acceleration about 7 billion years ago and the Universe is being ripped apart. The culprit is Dark Energy, a mysterious energy multiplying in vacuum. I will present evidence behind these startling discoveries and discuss what we may learn in the near future.
  • This course is offered in English.
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Curriculum

From Daily Life to the Big Bang

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Introduction

1-1 Night and Day, and Four Seasons

1-2 Revolution of the Earth

1-3 Why Elliptic?

1-4 Why Does Everything Fall the Same Way?

1-5 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past I

1-6 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past II

1-7 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past III

1-8 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past IV

1-9 Beginning of the Universe Look Far into the Past V

1-10 Cosmic Expansion

Course Description

Syllabus

About Optional Challenge Problems

Practice Quiz 1-1

Practice Quiz 1-2

Graded Quiz 1-1

Practice Quiz 1-3

Practice Quiz 1-4

Graded Quiz 1-2

Practice Quiz 1-5

Practice Quiz 1-6

Practice Quiz 1-7

Practice Quiz 1-8

Practice Quiz 1-9

Practice Quiz 1-10

Graded Quiz 1-3

Optional Challenge Problem 1

Birth of Elements and Higgs Boson

2-1 Birth of Elements I

2-2 Birth of Elements II

2-3 Birth of Elements III

2-4 Birth of Elements IV

2-5 Birth of Elements V

2-6 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe I

2-7 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe II

2-8 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe III

2-9 Higgs Boson Frozen into the Universe IV

Practice Quiz 2-1

Practice Quiz 2-2

Practice Quiz 2-3

Practice Quiz 2-4

Practice Quiz 2-5

Graded Quiz 2-1

Practice Quiz 2-6

Practice Quiz 2-7

Practice Quiz 2-8

Practice Quiz 2-9

Graded Quiz 2-2

Dark Matter and Anti-Matter

3-1 Power Spectrum

3-2 Dark Matter I

3-3 Dark Matter II

3-4 Nature of Dark Matter I

3-5 Nature of Dark Matter II

3-6 Neutrinos and Anti-Matter I

3-7 Neutrinos and Anti-Matter II

3-8 Neutrinos and Anti-Matter III

About Optional Challenge Problems

Practice Quiz 3-1

Practice Quiz 3-2

Practice Quiz 3-3

Practice Quiz 3-4

Practice Quiz 3-5

Graded Quiz 3-1

Practice Quiz 3-6

Practice Quiz 3-7

Practice Quiz 3-8

Graded Quiz 3-2

Optional Challenge Problem 2

Inflation and Dark Energy

4-1 Inflation and Uncertainty Principle I (Inflation)

4-2 Inflation and Uncertainty Principle II (Uncertainty Principle I )

4-3 Inflation and Uncertainty Principle III (Uncertainty Principle II )

4-4 Fate of the Universe

4-5 Dark Energy

4-6 Big Rip

4-7 Future Observations

4-8 Wrap-up

Extra Lecture 1 Theoretical Discovery of Higgs Boson

Extra Lecture 2-1 Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Mass I

Extra Lecture 2-2 Discovery of Neutrino Oscillations and Neutrino Mass II

Extra Lecture 3-1 Discovery of Gravitational Waves I

Extra Lecture 3-2 Discovery of Gravitational Waves II

Extra Lecture 3-3 Discovery of Gravitational Waves III

Extra Lecture 3-4 Discovery of Gravitational Waves IV

Introduction

Practice Quiz 4-1

Practice Quiz 4-2

Practice Quiz 4-3

Graded Quiz 4-1

Practice Quiz 4-4

Practice Quiz 4-5

Practice Quiz 4-6

Practice Quiz 4-7

Graded Quiz 4-2

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