INCO 796: Cosmology and Our View of the World

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Summaries of Spring Semester 2010
in Chronological Order:

  1. Session 1: Introductory Class (Importance of "Unicates")
    (2/1/2010) No summary

  2. Session 2: Physical Cosmology
    Lead: Eberhard Möbius (2/8/2010)
    Summary #2. By Kalika Bower

  3. Session 3: Life as We Know it and its Evolution
    Lead: Thomas Davis (2/15/2010)
    Summary #3. By Sarah Brown

  4. Session 4: Mind and its Place in Nature
    Lead: Willem deVries (2/22/2010)
    Summary #4. By Kathryn Fox

  5. Session 5: How it all began – the beginning of the universe
    Lead: Kalika Bower & Sarah Brown (3/1/2010)
    Summary #5. By Elvir Zulkic

  6. Session 6: Nature of Time - What is the center?
    Lead: Brett Clark (3/8/2010)
    Summary #6. By Katy Randall

  7. Session 7: Theory of Everything – Is complete Unification Possible?
    Lead: Brendan Harris & Elvir Zulkic (3/22/2010)
    Summary #7. By Lauren Howland

  8. Session 8: Is Consciousness Physical?
    Lead: Kathryn Fox (3/29/2010)
    Summary #8. By Brendan Harris

  9.  Session 9: Anthropic Principle - A Universe Fit for Us or just One of Multiple Universes?
      Lead: Eberhard Möbius (4/5/2010)
    Summary #9. By Kristyn Lattanzi
  10.   Session 10: Life in the Universe: Search for Life/Intelligence beyond Earth
      Lead: Gregory Kiker & Katy Randall (4/12/2010)
      Summary #10: By Vanessa Ruiz
  11.  Session 11: Logic and potential Limitations of Science (The Known and the Unknowable)
     Lead: Tyler Britton & Rebecca Santos (4/18/2010)
     Summary #11: By Brett Clark & Gregory Kiker
  12.   Session 12: Problems of Debates bet- ween Science and Religion
      Lead: Kristyn Lattanzi & Vanessa Ruiz (4/25/2010)
      Summary #12. By Tyler Britton
  13.  Session 13: Our Presence Matters - How We are Connected to Our Surroundings
      Lead: Lauren Howland (5/3/2010)
      Summary #13. By Rebecca Santos
  14.  Session 14: A Tear at the Edge of Creation: Cosmos, Life and the Search for a Final Theory
     CEPS Frontier Lecture given by: Marcelo Gleiser (5/10/2009)