PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-Atom: Odyssey from the Big Bang to Life on Earth … and Beyond

The story of matter and the history of the cosmos from the perspective of a single oxygen atom told with the insight and wit of one of the most dynamic physicists and writers working today Through this astonishing work he manages to stoke wonder at the powers and unlikely events that conspired to create our solar system our ecosystem and us. Nucleosynthesis. :. The Primordial Lithium Problem. Matthew von Hippel. 1. Outline. What is Big Bang . Nucleosyntheis. ?. How does it work?. How can we check it?. The Primordial Lithium Problem. Problem or problem?. Vocabulary. The Odyssey . Book 1. Muse: . a daughter of Zeus, credited with divine inspiration. h. arried: . tormented, . harrassed. The Odyssey . Book 9. mustered: . assembled, gathered. stern: . A Timeline. What do you think you know about the Big Bang?. Take a couple of minutes to write down what you know, or think you know about the big bang.. The Universe and Time. The Big Bang is a theory that tells a story: the story of our universe.. EVIDENCE FOR BIG BANG. Hot Big Bang Model:. The universe . began expanding a finite time ago from a very . dense. , very . hot. . initial state.. Dense. = particles packed close together. . Hot. . vs. Creation. Christopher W. Ashcraft M.S., M.Ed.. Big Bang vs. Creation. Origin of Stars. Solar System: Evidence of Design. Age of the Cosmos. Are we being told all the evidence or just selected information to support a particular idea?. Chair roll call. Bang Bang . lu. . lu. , . my . lu. . lu. got away. My . lu. . lu. . gotta. bang bang, . my . lu. . lu. got away. My . lu. . lu. had two boyfriends, both of them were rich. . Misnomer. ! . . Expansion not explosion. No center or edges: . isotropic and homogeneous. . Redshift of galaxies and nuclei of galaxies with active black holes .  recession velocity. . Redshift: . , and Red-Shifts. The Doppler Effect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5KaeCZ_AaY. Doppler Effect Explained . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t63xYSgmKE&feature=related. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djz_rtnXSfY. Spectroscopy and the Big Bang. Electromagnetic Spectrum. Stars . & . Light. When visible light . from a star hits the Earth, all the colours . are . combined. .. A spectroscope is a device for . splitting starlight into its separate colours. A long, narrative poem that deals with the trials and achievements of a great hero/heroes. What is an odyssey?. Answer: a voyage or journey. The Odyssey . is an epic poem about the journey of Odysseus. He leaves his home to fight in the Trojan War and is gone for 20 years.. 4. Data. Red Shift . Interpretation. Expanding universe . Summary. Summary. Extrapolation. Big Bang Theory . Predictions. Data. Data. NOT based on observation. Energy. Implications of the Big Bang. Implication #1 – An Absolute Beginning. 2nd Millennium BCE. BC. . . Mesopotamian cosmology . has a flat,circular Earth enclosed in a cosmic Ocean. 12. th. century BCE. C. . Rigveda. has some cosmological hymns, most notably the Nasadiya Sukta. Ancient Greece. During the Greek Dark Age, poets called bards traveled to different . poli. . . The bards told stories in the form of long poems called epics. People would often pay to hear the bards describe stories of the distant past. . Epic. Myth. A long narrative poem that tells about the adventures of a great hero. Epics embody the values of the people who tell them.. A traditional story rooted in a particular culture that usually explains a belief, ritual, or mysterious natural phenomenon. .