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    My mind teleporting itself to multiple universes is a constant in my life. Each individual universe is connected in a fractal-like fashion, consisting of spindly chains of universes in arms not unlike the Milky Way’s spiral arms. Imagine the famous Mandelbrot Set: narrowing in on a particular point will reveal the set’s characteristic bulbous shape, but scaled down; in the same way, zooming in on a set of temporally-linked universes will eventually reveal a branching-out shape not unlike the central

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    human to nature and the divine, and reason and emotion (Professor Galgan, Course Syllabus). The two articles written by Dr. Galgan, “Infinity and Cosmology: an Indirect Approach” and “The Compassionate Gods of Technology” directly conform and embody the theme of this course, theories of human nature. The theme of the first article, “Infinity and Cosmology: an Indirect Approach”, is concentrating on the issue of the relation of the human to nature and the divine, specifically through analyzing “the

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    Cosmology Lab Report

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    Throughout this chapter the following are adopted. In all images north is up and east is left. The adopted cosmology includes ΩM = 0.27, ΩΛ = 0.73, and H0 = 67.8 km s−1 , and a redshift z = 0.003927, corrected to the reference frame of the 3K CMB17 . The suggested distance modulus for NGC3718 is μ = 31.2, reflecting a distance D = 17.4 Mpc, which leads 17 http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?search_type=Obj_id&objid=26880& objname=1&img_stamp=YES&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1

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    Cosmology is the study of the origin of the universe in the sense of how it comes into being. At the foundation of nearly every culture is a creation myth that explains how Earth in its entity came to be. These myths have an immense influence on people’s framework of reference. They all come from one early source and are different only because time and local cultural circumstances have embellished or altered them. Despite being separated by numerous geographical barriers; many cultures before and

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    Hale Telescope Essay

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    Throughout the history of human civilization humans have tried to find connections between the observations of the sky and their ideas about the nature of the universe. People have always been enchanted by the stars and their endless number. The mathematical meaning of infinity was attributed to ancient Greek philosopher Archimedes. After Galileo invented the telescope which allowed him to discern innumerable number of stars in the galaxy, astronomers had acquired a powerful tool to investigate celestial

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    the Batek people, ultimately, their religious cosmologies have shown astounding adaptiveness within their ability to incorporate the global movements of the globalised world. As a result of globalisation, the Batek people have been relocated into villages and settlements outside their forest dwelling, meaning many now have access to global media. Hence, they now bear witness to global disasters, a notion that would conceivable challenge the Batek cosmology. As the weather is fundamental to Batek society

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    The theories involving parallel and alternate universes have been topics of discussion for decades. Alternate and Parallel universes are essentially the same concept. The term parallel universe comes from the Multi universe theory. The multi-universe theory is the theory of which many universes exist parallel to each other, thus being parallel universes. The first concept of parallel universes is that the universe is infinite. In an infinite universe, there is a high chance of virtually identical

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    Early Universe Cosmology

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    The detection of this stochastic background, or gravitational wave background would have a profound impact on early universe cosmology. Stochastic gravitational waves are remnants from the early days of the universe, much like the Cosmic Background Radiation. These gravitational waves were created by many independent, random events combining together to form a cosmic gravitational

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    Metamorphoses Book I: Cosmology Metamorphoses is a probe of transformations, from the pedestrian to the literary and oblique. According to Ovid, he mentioned that, “My mind carries me to speak of bodies changed into new forms” (I.1–2). This proves that Metamorphoses is centered on personal interests. At the start of the text, Ovid writes about the creation of a planet, entitled earth. The literary work by Ovid has a fundamentalism of cosmology, for this reason, the focus is to study important elements

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    Different societies have viewed cosmology differently over time and this view has evolved due to new ideologies. Lecture’s Supporting Evidence/Examples: 1.) Although much is believed to be known about the universe, we still have a lot to learn. 2.) The way people thought the universe worked has changed with time. 3.) Science has helped further understand the universe and its mask. Three questions you have with respect to this lecture: 1.) What is the correct way to view cosmology? 2.) Why will certain cultures

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