INCO 796: Cosmology and Our View of the World

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Summaries of Spring Semester 2013
in Chronological Order:

  1. Session 1: Overview on Physical Cosmology
    Lead: Eberhard Möbius (1/31/2013)
    Summary #1. By Ann Steeves

  2. Session 2: Life as We Know it and its Evolution
    Lead: Thomas Davis (2/7/2013)
    Summary #2. By Hannah Whitcomb

  3. Session 3: Mind and its Place in Nature
    Lead: Willem deVries (2/14/2013)
    Summary #3. By Justin Ykema

  4. Session 4: Origin of Universe(s) - Finetuning
    Lead: Jesse Coburn (2/21/2013)
    Summary #4. By Joshua Skersey

  5. Session 5: Nature of Time, What is the Center?
    Lead: Matthew Graef & Jason Pfiester (2/28/2013)
    Summary #5. By Grehg Hilston

  6. Session 6:What is Life?
    Lead: Tyler Dupuis (3/7/2013)
    Summary #6. By Thomas (Drew) Garvey

  7. Session 7: When, Where, How did Life Start?
    Lead: Hannah Whitcomb (3/21/2013)
    Summary #7. By Nathan Battey

  8. Session 8: How did Life Evolve?
    Lead: Nathan Battey (3/28/2013)
    Summary #8a. By Jason Pfiester
    Summary #8b. By John Heavysides

  9.  Session 9: Did Cognition Evolve?
    Lead: Greg Hilston & Jared van Cor (4/4/2013)
    Summary #9a. By Matthew Graef
    Summary #9b. By Tegan O'Neill

  10.   Session 10: Consciousness – Are We Special?
      Lead: Ann Steeves & John Heavysides (4/11/203)
      Summary #10: By Chad Civello

  11.  Session 11: Are we alone?
     Lead: Thomas (Drew) Garvey & Tegan O’Neill (4/18/2013)
      Summary #11: By Jared van Cor

  12.   Session 12: What is the future?
      Lead: Chad Civello & Josh Skersey (4/25/2013)
      Summary #12: By Tyler Dupuis

  13.  Session 13: Why should we understand all this?
      Lead: Justin Ykema (5/2/2013)
      Summary #13: -