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    A new enthusiasm in science is tackling the major frontier questions. "There's a new excitement in science for tackling the big questions," says Dr. W.e. Harris. "We measure science first by the quality of our questions," he says.

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    Science 2B03 "The Big Questions": Lectures: Mon/Wed/Thur 1:30 - 2:20 + Your Tutorial Section ("Inquiry Group")

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    Science 2B03

    “The Big Questions”

    Lectures: Mon/Wed/Thur 1:30 – 2:20

    + your Tutorial section (“Inquiry Group”)

    The theme:
    Ultimate questions in modern science

    Four “Big Questions”

    -The past and future history of the universe


    -The nature of space and time
    -The formation of the elements
    -The origin of life

    Where did we come from and how?


    How does the process of scientific discovery work?

    1
    Your instructors:

    Dr. W.E. Harris – astrophysics and cosmology


    Dr. J.C. Waddington – the physics of space and time
    Dr. Alan Chen – the origin of the elements
    Dr. Paul Higgs – the evolution of life on Earth

    Plus! Special guest lectures by –


    Dr. Miroslav Lovric: Life in the Fourth Dimension
    Dr. Hendrik Poinar: The Origin of the Human Species

    No textbook (none exists ----), and no Coursepack.


    Our Learnlink site for the course is your key resource.
    Learn how to log on to it immediately and look around
    to see what’s in it

    Participation is a key element of this course.

    -Small tutorial groups for individual discussions each


    week (“Questions of the Week”)
    -Projects: short presentation in your discussion
    group, plus end-of-term poster.
    -Keep an individual journal on the Learnlink site
    -Respond with your thoughts and questions (through
    the Learnlink site) to the weekly topics

    Your tutorial group meetings start next week.

    2
    There is a new enthusiasm in science for
    tackling the major frontier questions:
    Science magazine special issue (July 2005):

    -What is most of the universe made of (dark energy)?


    -What is the biological basis of consciousness?
    -Can the laws of physics be unified to one concept?
    -Are we alone in the universe?
    -How and where did life on Earth arise?
    -What genetic changes made us uniquely human?
    -What’s beneath quantum uncertainty? anything?
    -Is ours the only universe?
    -What is the nature of black holes?
    -What is gravity? What is time?
    -What was LUCA (last universal common ancestor)?

    We measure science first by the quality of our


    questions -- secondarily by our answers.

    “There’s no better way to assess the current


    condition of science than to list the questions [it]
    cannot yet answer … science is shaped by
    ignorance.”
    Nobel laureate David Gross

    All right, but can we really make statements


    about the whole, entire universe??

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