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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the varieties of quarks?

2. Stephen Hawking has what disease?

3. In what year did Stephen Hawking enter the Royal Society of London?

4. To observe black holes you must observe what?

5. The development of what kind of technology depends upon the theory of quantum mechanics?

Short Essay Questions

1. Scientists start with observations and mathematics to answer the fundamental questions and then do what?

2. What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and predictions?

3. What was the Ancient Greek view of the universe?

4. Light behaves in which two manners?

5. Due to the influences of mass and energy, light does what?

6. The mathematical formulas that result from a scientific model of the universe must do what?

7. In 1687 Newton published mathematical formulas that do what?

8. Why might our present day ways of thinking about the universe seem ridiculous in the future?

9. What is the difference between the Aristotelian approach to science and Galileo's approach?

10. What is one implication of the theory of relativity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how science has evolved to lead us to the point we are today. What were some of the most influential concepts and ideas? What outside forces molded these ideas? Use the book to cite examples for your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using what has been presented in the book, what concepts would string theory have to embody in order to be considered the theory that unites the general theory of relativity with quantum mechanics? What issues would string theory have to overcome? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Hawking simplifies many concepts in his book. Using the text to support your answer, what is the purpose of simplifying these ideas? How does Hawking accomplish this simplification of complex scientific ideas?

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