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This is a different kind of science course. Different because it explores the history and development of ideas and their relation to culture and philosophy. How did the appearance of the sky from different latitudes affect the cosmological outlook of cultures living there? How were the Maya able to predict eclipses? Why did Greek philosophers begin look for non-mystical explanations for natural phenomena? How did Galileo’s observations through the telescope help convince scholars that the heliocentric system was true? What were the issues in Galileo’s trial before religious authorities? Where did the idea of the “Big Bang” (our current model of the origin of the universe) originate? At the end of this course you should not only have a good grasp of our current picture of the universe - its size, composition, and origin – but also how this picture came to be. Number of Visitors:
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