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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