This course offers a comprehensive exploration of cosmological thought from prehistory to the present, integrating scientific theories with their philosophical and theological implications.
The Boston University Summer Term - Cosmology (CAS AS 109) course traces the evolution of cosmological thought from ancient Greek astronomy to modern theories, including Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. Students will delve into fundamental concepts such as motion, gravity, space-time, the expanding universe, and the Big Bang theory. The curriculum explores how waves, particles, and force fields constitute the natural world, how light is generated, and what can be learned from observing cosmic radiation. The course also covers Einstein's theory of relativity, methods for determining distances to remote galaxies, and the scientific evidence for an expanding and cooling universe. Participants will examine the early, dense, and hot universe, and its subsequent development to its current observed state. Philosophical and theological implications of astronomical views of the universe are also considered.
A typical day involves attending a lecture section, held twice a week, and a discussion section, which meets once a week for 50 minutes.
This course is primarily intended for students not majoring in one of the natural sciences but seeking to explore and understand our place in the physical universe.
Boston University, Boston, MA
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