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Thursday

1/23

Sagan, Chaps 1-2, 12-14
http://aer.noao.edu/figures/v06i02/06-02-04-01.pdf  Note the author :)
 

1/30

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2/6

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast23feb_2.htm

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/ae8.html

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEsaros/SEsaros.html

2/13

Stonehenge:

Read about the site at:

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.1914

Explore Stonehenge and surrounding sites and features with an interactive map at:

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/stonehengeinteractivemap/

Egyptian pyramids:

Explore the pyramids at:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/textindex.html

 Read especially Who built the pyramids and How old are the pyramids

2/20

2/27

Sagan, Chap 10, 23

http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/roadmap/index.html

http://nai.nasa.gov/institute/about_nai.cfm

http://209.73.219.100/searchforlife/panspermia_000508.html

 http://www.physics.ccsu.edu/larsen/Relevance_of_astronomy.htm

Sagan, Chap 5-9, 11

http://www.thecomingoftan.com/ [Click on as many of the links as you can stand - get a real flavor for this site]

3/6

Roswell:

Check out the debunking of the alien autopsy film by a Hollywood special effects company at:

http://www.trudang.com/autopsy/autocont.html

Sagan Chap 5

Sagan Chap 3

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/face.htm

Surf various parts of the following site and get a feel for its creator, Richard Hoagland:  http://www.enterprisemission.com/

Look at the following optical illusions - they're cool!

http://www.naute.com/illusions/

Latest pics of "Face" on Mars:

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/extended_may2001/face/index.html

3/13

Human evolution:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/lines_01

Keep up with the latest assaults on evolution at:

http://www.natcenscied.org/

3/27

Cardiff Giant:

Read the short story at the following link. It is hilarious.

http://www.metalvortex.com/poems/aghost.htm

Piltdown:

Piltdown Man’s homepage. Check out the time line.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown.html

4/3

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0324_040324_catclones.html

http://www.carm.org/rael/raelian_nutshell.htm

http://www.clonaid.com/news.php - surf as much of the site as you can stomach

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/12/science.clone/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/01/11/skorea.stemcell.ap/index.html

Come to class prepared to discuss the following questions:

• What is cloning? What are the different types of cloning?
• What ethical/moral/religious issues does it raise?
• Should these issues limit what scientists actually do in the lab? Who should decide?
• Is "Raelianism" a religion or a pseudoscience?
• Why is the Korean scandal a real embarrassment to scientists?

Atlantis:

http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/Atlantis/theories.html

4/10

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http://www.physics.ccsu.edu/larsen/id.html

4/17

http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/lerner.pdf   <-----New

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101bbtest.html - look at the following sections: 

• Foundations of the Big Bang theory

• Observational tests of the Big Bang theory

• Limitations and extensions of the Big Bang theory

Come to class with questions of your own to answer.

4/24

http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~lwilliam/sota/anth/anthropic_principle_index.html [go through all the main pages of the site - the author has obvious biases but the information presented is fairly accurate]

Come to class able to describe in your own words the Weak, Strong, Participatory, and Final Anthropic principles.  

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5/1

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5/8

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No class