Science 3609 Term Paper Instructions and Topics  This term paper will be discussion of an important concept, experiment, or technique.  This paper will count for 30 % of your course grade.  A list of topics follows, ideally every student would be assigned a different topic but each topic can be used by up to two students (doing separate work, no collaborations of students).  Your paper will be graded to be worth 30 points overall: o 10 points for proper format and length o 10 points for “originality” o 10 points for relevance and accuracy of content o It is due on 06/29/2017. o Penalties of 5% up to 100% for papers turned in late.  Your topic must be chosen by 06/15/2017; speak to the instructor to confirm your choice as still available or to be assigned a topic if you have no preference.  Format: No cover pages or folders desired. Put your topic title at the top of the first page followed by your name and the date. Paper length is expected to be 5 to 6 pages of typed text with 1 ½ line spacing and 12-point font maximum. Papers must also have literature-cited section and in-text references (no special style is required). Too-short papers will be penalized, particularly when important material was absent. Too-long papers can also be penalized, especially when irrelevant material has been included.  “Originality” of your paper is that the text seems to be coming from you. Avoid using quotes, put the ideas and information of your sources in your own words. Write the paper with other students in Science 3609 as the audience.  You are expected to have at least three sources for your paper. Any sources are allowed; you are expected to confirm information from alternate sources so that your paper does not include erroneous information. Papers should fully explore ideas with effective examples and analysis. The entire paper and internal paragraphs should be organized in a lucid, orderly way.  Papers are due by before the final exam. Topic List Accelerating Expansion Age of the Earth Age of the Universe Ancient Greek Cosmology Anthropic Principle Aritotle’s Science/Cosmology Arrow of Time Astrology Big Crunch Cepheids CMBR Discovery COBE Copernican Principle Cosmic Background Rad. Cosmological Constant Cosmological Principle Cosmological Redshift Cyclical Universe Dark Energy Dark Matter Drake Equation Entropy of the Universe Equivalence Principle Ether Evidence for Big Bang Extra Dimensions Far Future Universe Flatness Problem Galaxy Distributions Galilean Relativity Galileo’s Science/Cosmology General Relativity Gravitational Lenses Gravitational Waves Hawking Radiation HIPPARCOS History of Big Bang Model History of Heliocentrism Hubble Constant Hubble’s Law Information and Black Holes Law of Gravity Light Speed Measurements Luminosity Distance Mach’s Principle Michelson-Morley Exp. Multiverse Newton’.

1. Science 3609
Term Paper
Instructions and Topics
experiment, or technique.
assigned a different topic but
each topic can be used by up to two students (doing separate
work, no collaborations of
students).
o 10 points for proper format and length
o 10 points for “originality”
o 10 points for relevance and accuracy of content
o It is due on 06/29/2017.
o Penalties of 5% up to 100% for papers turned in late.
speak to the

2. instructor to confirm your
choice as still available or to be assigned a topic if you have no
preference.
title at the top of the first page
followed by your name and the date. Paper length is expected to
be 5 to 6 pages of typed
text with 1 ½ line spacing and 12-point font maximum. Papers
must also have
literature-cited section and in-text references (no special style is
required).
Too-short papers will be penalized, particularly when important
material was absent.
Too-long papers can also be penalized, especially when
irrelevant material has been
included.
coming from you. Avoid using
quotes, put the ideas and information of your sources in your
own words. Write the
paper with other students in Science 3609 as the audience.
paper. Any sources are allowed;

3. you are expected to confirm information from alternate sources
so that your paper does
not include erroneous information. Papers should fully explore
ideas with effective
examples and analysis. The entire paper and internal paragraphs
should be organized in
a lucid, orderly way.
apers are due by before the final exam.
Topic List
Accelerating Expansion
Age of the Earth
Age of the Universe
Ancient Greek Cosmology
Anthropic Principle
Aritotle’s Science/Cosmology
Arrow of Time
Astrology
Big Crunch
Cepheids
CMBR Discovery
COBE
Copernican Principle
Cosmic Background Rad.
Cosmological Constant
Cosmological Principle

4. Cosmological Redshift
Cyclical Universe
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Drake Equation
Entropy of the Universe
Equivalence Principle
Ether
Evidence for Big Bang
Extra Dimensions
Far Future Universe
Flatness Problem
Galaxy Distributions
Galilean Relativity
Galileo’s Science/Cosmology
General Relativity
Gravitational Lenses
Gravitational Waves
Hawking Radiation
HIPPARCOS
History of Big Bang Model
History of Heliocentrism
Hubble Constant
Hubble’s Law
Information and Black Holes

5. Law of Gravity
Light Speed Measurements
Luminosity Distance
Mach’s Principle
Michelson-Morley Exp.
Multiverse
Newton’s Science/Cosmology
Nucleosynthesis
Occam’s Razor
Origin of the Universe
Parallax
PLANCK Spacecraft
Precession of Mercury
Pseudoscience
Ptolemaic Model
Pulsars
Quantum Gravity
Quasars
Radio Telescopes
SETI
Singularities
Size of the Solar System
Solar-Mass Black Holes
Special Relativity
Spectroscopy
Spherical Earth
Steady-State Model
String Theory
Superclusters
Supermassive Black Holes
Tachyons
Telescopes
Tests of General Relativity

6. Tests of Special Relativity
Tidal Forces
Time Travel
Type I Supernovae
Universe Evolution
White Holes