Day 1

Hi everybody. If you have any questions about today's material you can ask me. Tomorrow, we will be starting the scientific communication course. If you want to get an early stat, our cluster will have the following vocabulary terms:

1. Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

2. Black hole

3. Electromagnetic radiation

4. Photon

5. Optics

6. Wave

We'll also be looking at these articles and more:

1. Rogue Waves http://discovermagazine.com/2004/jul/rogue-waves
2. How to blow up a star http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-blow-up-a-star
3. Movie camera to the stars http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/13-movie-camera-to-the-stars
4. Fusion 2.0 http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/1954/fusion-20
5. A solar grand plan http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=a-solar-grand-plan

See you tomorrow.
Brinn Belyea

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