INCO 796: Cosmology and Our View of the World
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Summaries of Spring Semester 2010
in Chronological Order:

1. Session 1: Introductory Class (Importance of "Unicates")
   (2/1/2010) No summary

2. Session 2: Physical Cosmology
   Lead: Eberhard Möbius (2/8/2010)
   Summary #2. By Kalika Bower

3. Session 3: Life as We Know it and its Evolution
   Lead: Thomas Davis (2/15/2010)
   Summary #3. By Sarah Brown

4. Session 4: Mind and its Place in Nature
   Lead: Willem deVries (2/22/2010)
   Summary #4. By Kathryn Fox

5. Session 5: How it all began – the beginning of the universe
   Lead: Kalika Bower & Sarah Brown (3/1/2010)
   Summary #5. By Elvir Zulkic

6. Session 6: Nature of Time - What is the center?
   Lead: Brett Clark (3/8/2010)
   Summary #6. By Katy Randall

7. Session 7: Theory of Everything – Is complete Unification Possible?
   Lead: Brendan Harris & Elvir Zulkic (3/22/2010)
   Summary #7. By Lauren Howland

8. Session 8: Is Consciousness Physical?
   Lead: Kathryn Fox (3/29/2010)
   Summary #8. By Brendan Harris

9.  Session 9: Anthropic Principle - A Universe Fit for Us or just One of Multiple Universes?
     Lead: Eberhard Möbius (4/5/2010)
   Summary #9. By Kristyn Lattanzi
   
10.   Session 10: Life in the Universe: Search for Life/Intelligence beyond Earth
      Lead: Gregory Kiker & Katy Randall (4/12/2010)
      Summary #10: By Vanessa Ruiz
    
11.  Session 11: Logic and potential Limitations of Science (The Known and the Unknowable)
     Lead: Tyler Britton & Rebecca Santos (4/18/2010)
     Summary #11: By Brett Clark & Gregory Kiker
    
12.   Session 12: Problems of Debates bet- ween Science and Religion
      Lead: Kristyn Lattanzi & Vanessa Ruiz (4/25/2010)
      Summary #12. By Tyler Britton
    
13.  Session 13: Our Presence Matters - How We are Connected to Our Surroundings
      Lead: Lauren Howland (5/3/2010)
      Summary #13. By Rebecca Santos
    
14.  Session 14: A Tear at the Edge of Creation: Cosmos, Life and the Search for a Final Theory
     CEPS Frontier Lecture given by: Marcelo Gleiser (5/10/2009)