| 1. |
|
History
and
Philosophy of Cosmology—Adopting
the most global perspective. |
| 2. |
|
The
Fundamental
Forces and Particles—How
the very small is connected to the
very big. |
| 3. |
|
The
Fundamental
Structures—Nuclei and
atoms. |
| 4. |
|
Stages
of the
Early Universe—Everything
we know about how the universe
began. |
| 5. |
|
Global
Organization—Organization
of the universe on the largest
scales. |
| 6. |
|
Micro-organization—Organization
of the universe on the smallest scales. |
| 7. |
|
Rules
of
Existence—Obey the
laws of thermodynamics...or else! |
| 8. |
|
Life—The
structure of carbon- and silicon-based life, and the search for
extra-terrestrial beings. |
| 9. |
|
Properties
of
Space—Geometry,
topology, and different dimensions. |
| 10. |
|
Einstein's
General Relativity—Gravity
is just curved space. |
| 11. |
|
Einstein's
Special Relativity—Making
different universes just by moving. |
| 12. |
|
Ideas
About
Time—Stacks of
universes and time travel. |
| 13. |
|
Quantum
Reality—What underlies
everything.
(The
offering of this topic will depend on the time left in the course.) |
