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Question Reality: Cosmos

Question Reality: Cosmos

This course is part of Question Reality! Science, philosophy, a search for meaning Specialization

Instructor: Marcelo Gleiser

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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1 week to complete

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Flexible schedule

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

25 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

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Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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This course explores the concept of reality and the physics of the sky. You will travel through the philosophies and worldviews of early civilizations to the time of early scientists such as Plato, Aristotle, and Copernicus.

You will learn how Galileo's findings with the telescope challenged the Aristotelian interpretation of the cosmos, about Galileo’s revolutionary conclusions on gravity, and Newton's universal law of gravitation. This course will also introduce you to the scientific methods and their limitations. You will also explore the properties and behaviors of homemade pendulums. Next, you will explore modern ideas of cosmology, of the Big Bang, and even recent speculations that our universe is not all there is. Mysteries and properties of light and how they were discovered, questioned, and confirmed through experiments over the past few hundred years through the present will also be discussed.

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This module explores the concept of reality and physics of the sky.

What's included

9 videos8 readings1 assignment3 discussion prompts

9 videosTotal 43 minutes

Course Introduction3 minutes
Introdução do Curso em Português4 minutes
Cosmos and Reality Part I From Religion to the Pre-Socratics8 minutes
Plato's Cave5 minutes
Cosmos and Reality, Part II: Aristotle4 minutes
Cosmos and Reality, Part III: Copernicus3 minutes
Conversation with David Kaiser3 minutes
Physics of the Skies Part I6 minutes
Physics of the Skies Part II6 minutes

8 readingsTotal 59 minutes

Welcome Reading10 minutes
Module 1 Reading List20 minutes
What Do You Know? 2 minutes
What is Reality?5 minutes
Summary|Sumário15 minutes
Illustrate Plato's Cave2 minutes
Summary Outline2 minutes
Discussion Topic3 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Cosmos: Part 130 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 55 minutes

Introduce yourself/Apresente-se10 minutes
Physics of the Skies15 minutes
Física dos céus30 minutes

This module will introduce you to the scientific methods. You will also explore the properties and behaviors of homemade pendulums.

What's included

3 videos9 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 24 minutes

Scientific Method5 minutes
Investigating Pendulums1 minute
Module Weekly Wrap-Up Video18 minutes

9 readingsTotal 133 minutes

Scientific Method Introduction5 minutes
Investigating Pendulums Introduction3 minutes
Step 1: Building a Pendulum20 minutes
Step 2: Getting to Know a Pendulum20 minutes
Step 3: Investigation 1: String Length and Bob Weight20 minutes
Test Your Experiment10 minutes
Step 3: Investigation 1: String Length and Bob Weight10 minutes
Challenge Questions: Directions30 minutes
Wrap-Up Activities15 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Cosmos: Part 230 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Share: Investigating Pendulums20 minutes
Compartilhamento: Investigando Pêndulos10 minutes

This module explores modern ideas of cosmology, of the Big Bang, and even recent speculations that our universe is not all there is. It further examines various mysteries and properties of light and how they were discovered, questioned, and confirmed through experiments over the past few hundred years through the present.