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Syllabus                                                                                       Semester Project Assignment

Intro Assignment:  How old is the earth/moon system?     Shroud of Turin Stuff                                                                

Intro to the Syllabus/Shroud of Turin                                    The Bathroom Experiment

Intro lecture on cosmology                                                      The Planets    

Theoretician/Experimentalist assignment                               Fundamental Particles

Origin of Life                                                                                Fundamental Presupposition of Science

The Scientific Method                                                                 History of Science PPoint        

Homework for Tuesday 9/18 click here!                                  More Early Philosophers of Science (Thursday 2/22)

Early Philosophy of Science PPoint                                          Induction and Confirmation PPoint      

Review Sheet for Test #1                                                            Philosophy of Science PPoint #2            

Review Questions to help study for the philosopher's quiz on Thursday   

Optical Illusions                                                                            Scientific Paradigms     

Major Scientific Paradigms                                                        Light:  Wave vs Particle        

 Relativity Power Point                                                                James Hutton PPoint                                                                   

Reading Assignments                                                                  Marks of Pseudoscience                                                           

Bad Science and Pseudoscience                                                Ex: Cold Fusion

Alternative Medicine as Pseudoscience                                  Review Sheet for Test #2

Wegner PPT              

Readings from the Scientists which are relevant for Test #2    Hutton pp 312-315  Lyell pp 319-329

Darwin and friends pp 329-357    Quantum Mechanics   waves pp 400-411, QM pp 509-522   

Ethics and Science                                                                    

Ethics:  Tolerance                                                                         The Precautionary Principle   

Ethics Case Study:  Terry Schaivo                                            Review Sheet for Test #3

Islam and Creationism                                                                  Science and Religion 

Science and Religion Lecture

Science and Religion:  Dr Oakes' version                                  The Anthropic Principle    

Assignment for Th 5/8   Choose two of the essays from the handout on science and religion.  Write a 1-2 page compare and contrast essay on these two articles.  Express your personal thoughts on the issues raised by the two writers.  Either do the first two or the second two.

The Limits of Science 

Christianity Science and Religion                                                CS&R Notes

Assignment for Tu 5/13  Watch the new movie Expelled; write and submit a 1-2 page response essay to the movie describing how well you feel it handles issues of science and religion.

Summary of the Course

Evolution vs Intelligent DesignA