RaySociety (Drake)
        Class being taught by Sam Wormley - Spring 2008

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RaySociety (Drake)
Voyages of Discovery: Copernicus to the Big Bang - Part II     4 wks
       April 2008
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We continue with the 2nd four week course--learning about some
of the major players, discovering the unfolding universe, and
making the case for modern cosmology.



Hubble and the Expanding Universe
  o Mysteries of Deep Space: To the Edge of the Universe
  o When we look out in space, we look back in time!
  o No Center

Runaway Universe
  o Type Ia Supernovae
  o Dark Energy
  o Dark Matter

Black Holes are Major Players
  o Monster of the Milky Way
  o Galactic interactions

The Big Bang: Putting all the Pieces Together
  o Origins: Back to the Beginning  
  o WMAP: Foundations of the Big Bang theory 
  o A Universe Hospitable to Life--What's Our Place?


 

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