It's About Time

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Instructor: James N. Imamura
Office: 444 Willamette Hall
E-mail: imamura@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5212
Office Hours: TBA

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Associated Course: ASTR 122: Birth, Life and Death of Stars Course CRN: 31220 Class: 16:00-16:50, W Room: 318 Willamette Hall

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Topic	Material	Date	Notes
1	INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS TIME?	04/01/2009	Topic 1
2	SPECIAL RELATIVITY	04/08/2009	Topic 2
3	TIME DILATION AND SIMULTANEITY	04/15/2009	Topic 3
4	TACHYONS AND ANTI-TELEPHONES	04/22/2009	Topic 4
5	TACHYONS, TIME TRAVEL, AND PARADOXES	04/29/2009	Topic 5
6	GENERAL RELATIVITY AND TIME TRAVEL	05/06/2009,05/13/2009	Topic 6
7	CLOSED TIME-LIKE LOOPS	05/13/2009,05/20/2009	Topic 7
8	NOVIKOV SELF-CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE, HAWKING'S CHRONOLOGY PROTECTION CONJECTURE & MANY WORLDS INTERPRETATION	06/3/2009	Topic 8

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