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Nicholas Stone

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Astronomy-170 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Dr.Stone was such a great professor! Although not a physics major, I understood the complex content he taught very well because he is a really good lecturer and really cares about students understanding major concepts. His exams are pretty easy if you study (MC + Short Answer) and we have an easy group project at the end of the semester!
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Classes with Nicholas Stone

ASTRON 170

The Dark Side of the Universe: the Great Cosmic Mysteries From Black Holes to Dark Energy

3 credits

Explores black holes, dark matter, and dark energy, covering spacetime warping, plasma beams, cosmic acceleration, and fundamental laws governing the universe's fate.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.51 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.13 GPA, 48.8% A/AB (n=43 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Nicholas Stone

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Fall 2023–Spring 2026

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ASTRON 170The Dark Side of the Universe: the Great Cosmic Mysteries From Black Holes to Dark Energy
Fall 2026ASTRON 101From Aliens to the End of the Universe
Fall 2026ASTRON 990Research and Thesis

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