Instructor: Chris Mihos mihos@case.edu Sears 557 Office Hours: TR 3:30-4:30, or by appointment |
Writing Co-Instructor: Terri Mester terri.mester@case.edu Office Hours: TR 5-6, F 11:30-1:30, SAGES cafe |
Week | Date |
Reading | Discussion Leader |
Oral Presenter |
Assignments Due |
Week 1 |
Aug 24 |
Introduction &
Welcome |
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Aug 26 |
Kuhn
Chapter 2 The Scientific Method (courtesy Frank Wolfs, University of Rochester) The Scientific Method Flow Chart |
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Aug 28 |
Kuhn
Chapter 3 Readings from Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science by Royston Roberts |
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Week 2 | Aug 31 |
Kuhn
Chapter 6; Objectivity (prologue from Objectivity, by Daston and Galison) |
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Sep 2 |
Kuhn
Chapter 7; Scientific Arrogance, and replies |
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Sep 4 |
Kuhn
Chapter 8 Thesis statements |
Kevin |
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Week 3 |
Sep 7 |
Labor
Day (no class) |
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Sep 9 |
Kuhn
Chapter 9; Motivation in the Real World
of Science |
Sophia |
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Thesis
Statement |
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Sep 11 |
Library
Resources; meet in the Dampeer Room at
KSL |
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Shu Guo |
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Week 4 |
Sep 14 |
Kuhn
Chapter 12; |
Eric |
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Sep 16 |
The Copernican
Revolution - Kolb Chapter 2 |
Harsha |
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Paper 1 | |
Sep 18 |
The Copernican
Revolution - Kolb Chapter 3 |
Shawn |
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Week 5 |
Sep 21 |
The Copernican Revolution - Kolb Chapter 4 | Ryo |
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Sep 23 |
The Copernican
Revolution - Kolb Chapter 5 |
Matthew |
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Sep 25 |
Oral Presentations / Paper
Revisions |
Prof Mihos |
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Week 6 |
Sep 28 |
The Realm of the Nebulae - Kolb
Chapter 6 |
John |
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Paper 1 Rev |
Sep 30 |
The Realm of the Nebulae
- Kolb Chapter 7 |
Jose |
Sophia |
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Oct 2 |
The Realm of the Nebulae
- Kolb Chapter 8 |
Brian |
Jude |
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Week 7 |
Oct 5 |
Nebulae Wrap-up |
Mihos |
Patrick |
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Oct 7 |
The Expanding Universe: Going Over to the Dark Side |
Nathan |
Kevin |
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Oct 9 |
Writing
Workshop |
Terri |
Harsha |
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Week 8 |
Oct 12 |
Dark Energy and the Fate of the
Universe: |
Ravin |
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Oct 14 |
Dark Energy, or not?: Does Dark Energy Really Exist? |
Patrick |
Nick |
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Oct 16 |
Dark Energy Wrap Up / Dark
Matter Intro: |
Mihos | -- |
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Oct 18 |
Paper 2 electronic due date
(11:59pm) |
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Week 9 |
Oct 19 |
Fall
Break (no class) |
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Oct 21 |
Dark Matter: What do we really
know about dark matter? |
Jude |
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Paper 2
harddcopy |
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Oct 23 |
Writing Workshop |
Terri |
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Week 10 |
Oct 26 |
Dark Matter: Out of Sight, Out of MOND |
Bryan | Ryo |
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Oct 28 |
Dark Matter: Battlefield galactica: Dark Matter vs MOND |
Mihos | Shawn |
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Oct 30 |
Is Pluto a Planet?
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Nick | -- |
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Week 11 |
Nov 2 |
Is Pluto a Planet? |
Lauren | Eric |
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Nov 4 |
Is Pluto a Planet? |
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Paper 2
Revision |
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Nov 6 |
Life on Mars: Percival Lowell and the History of Mars |
Brian |
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Week 12 |
Nov 9 |
Life on Mars: War of the Worlds
|
Ravin |
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Nov 11 |
The Search for Extraterrestrial
Life: The Drake Equation |
Lauren |
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Nov 13 |
Online Drake
Equation Calculator (courtesy NOVA/PBS) |
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Week 13 |
Nov 16 |
Why SETI Will
Fail |
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Paper 3
Outline |
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Nov 18 |
Two things: |
Bryan |
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Nov 20 |
Collisions
with Comets and Asteroids |
John | |||
Week 14 |
Nov 23 |
Modern Impacts: |
Jose |
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Nov 25 |
No class (Thanksgiving) | -- |
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Nov 27 |
No class (Thanksgiving) | -- |
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Week 15 |
Nov 30 |
Writing Workshop |
Matt |
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Dec 2 |
Asteroids and Mass Extinctions
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Nathan |
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Dec 4 |
On
Being Wrong |
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Paper 3 |