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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. Who said, "Physics as we know it will be over in six months."

2. A long time friend of Galileo's held which high office in the church?

3. What is the fate of black holes according to Hawking's model of the universe?

4. Who discovered the equation that governs the electron?

5. Einstein signed a letter to what President urging him to take discovery of the nuclear bomb seriously?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mathematical problem regarding the origination of the universe?

2. What is one theory about what happens when particles match up with their anti-particles on the event horizon of a black hole?

3. What does a weak form of the anthropic principle hold for the view of the universe?

4. String theory implies what about other dimensions?

5. If quantum mechanics is used, then the universe has always done what?

6. Hawking says that when the universe loses all order, what will happen with life?

7. What might have happened to the black holes left over from the early period of the Big Bang?

8. What are the three possibilities Hawking sees for the unification of physics theory?

9. What is ironic about Einstein's involvement in U.S. politics?

10. What is the difference between string theory and the other theories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the evolution of ideas since the days of mythology have to do with our world view today? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

What do the arrows of time symbolize? What are their purposes? Which one is most important in our universe? Which one would Hawking say is most important? Why? Please use the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Hawking says there are three possibilities for the unification of physics theory. What are they? Which one will prevail? Support your answer with examples from the text.

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