Slide 1 Slide 2 Dr Martin Hendry Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow Captain Cook and the Cosmic Yardstick Slide 3 James Cook (1728 – 1779) Slide 4 Slide…

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Slide 1 Course Goals What is Science? What is modern astronomy? What do we know about the Universe? How do we know what we know? Slide 2 Why Study Science? Slide 3 Scientific…

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Slide 1 Info for the Test Bring a #2 pencil. No electronic devices: No calculators, cell phones, headphones, etc. No books, notes, etc. No hats. Grades will be posted on…