Take a MOOC

January 29th, 2014

Here's your chance to take an Ivy League astrophysics course from the comfort of your own home, with Cornell University's first-ever MOOC (massive online open course). The course is free and registration is currently open.

COURSE: "Relativity and Astrophysics," by David Chernoff, Cornell professor of astronomy

DATE: Classes begin Monday, Feb. 3, 2014

DESCRIPTION: While our ancestors saw wonder in the night sky, modern astronomy extends the human view to unexplored regions of space and time. Understand these discoveries through a focus on relativity - Einstein's fascinating and non-intuitive description of the physical world.

VIDEO:

http://www.cornell.edu/video/cornellx-relativity-and-astrophysics

REGISTER: https://www.edx.org/school/cornellx