The beginning of the class was very fun and his lighthearted lectures and cool demos made me think the class would be a breeze. However, when the midterm came around, the lectures proved near worthless and the math needed to solve problems was never taught. He is very enthusiastic about this topic and was entertaining, but much too unorganized.

Nice guy, and funny too. He seems to know astronomy very well. Unfortunately, he's very unorganized. I like teachers being relaxed, but I mean he's really unorganized. Section wasn't helpful, and neither was the homework. Actually, neither were his lectures... or the book... The most useful thing was the review session. Final was written poorly.

The good: Extremely smart, always checks e-mail, HW % grade helps your grade a lot. Sense of humor. The bad: Completely incomprehensible. By the midterm, he's 2 weeks behind in lecture. Sections don't help. He can't explain math.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!

Very entertaining and very kind but unfortunately I hardly learned anything. He was always late and more often than not his displays did not work. The equations were too complex for an intro class and his methods of teaching them did not help any.

really cool. funny, and easy if readings and hw are done. ta's are helpful and prof answers emails almost instantly. math parts weren't really all that hard, ta's and prof helps. although its kind of hard to read prof's handwriting, overall, its a pretty cool class.

Strange. but a great teacher

he's an interesting character, reminds me of a wacky scientist in a movie. For an intro class, it has some complex concepts, somewhat heavy on the math side. He does show cool stuff though and he has funny moments.

This is not an introduction course its advanced physics that not even the TAs knew how to solve cuz he writes the hw himself, stay away from him cuz u won't understand anything in lecture cuz your already supposed to know the material entering the class, I had never taken physics before and struggled with the hw and tests take it with someone else!

Very helpful in office hours but otherwise a poor teacher and horrible class. Very very disorganized, you'll learn more from the book than lecture. Midterm was an absolute joke, final was thrown together at the last minute and full of mistakes. The whole class felt like it was just slopped together. Find another class/another teacher.

Funny guy, but rather hard class. Do not take this class if you're not a math person.

Actually he does know his stuff well and his appearance is besides the point..weekly assingments are hard so keeping up with the reading is necessary, has daily questions that you email to him which aren't that important for a grade, test are difficult, his demos never worked on the first try, shows really cool pictures, gives questions before han

It's impossible to stay awake in this class. Even when you do go he can be confusing, but he's funny and does fun experiments in lecture.

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I really liked Antonucci. He is really funny and always wore interesting tight white v-neck shirts.

oh gosh, do NOT take his class, he babbles and doesn't know his stuff

Class was difficult at first. Skim book before going to lecture. Use flash cards and follow his outline (most r Test Q's). Do the math over and over, 1/3 of test is math problems.

Antonucci can get pretty boring but he does seem to like teaching astronomy. Occasionally he'll do an in-class experiment. For math/science majors this class is very easy. There are a bunch of stupidly worded questions on the tests but overall very fair. Just do the hw, read occasionally, go to observation sessions and you'll do fine.

Prof. Antonucci was my favorite teacher of all time. He is hilarious and is so in love with the material that it makes the class even more interesting and worthwhile. This class is great especially because Antonucci makes it so much fun. Laughed a lot!

The class was very interesting, I learned a lot. Grades were pretty good. He is a really nice guy, will answer any questions anytime. Pretty funnt too.

he is funny

He seems a bit crazy sometimes but overall he is a pretty funny guy with an entertaining sense of humor. A lot of the questions on the midterm and final are either given to you in class or on the practice tests and you can get help on the homework pretty easily. Definitely worth taking this class

extremely nice man, who is truly interested in the universe and in sharing his love with his students. He was a bit disorganized at times, but I think he tries to make the subject matter interesting with in-class experiments - not a class period went by when I didn't laugh.