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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. What is one reason Hawking takes multiple dimensions seriously?

2. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?

3. What were Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on in 1945?

4. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?

5. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new sort of symmetry was discovered in the 1970s?

2. What was the "ether" theory?

3. What is a p = 1 brane and a p = 2 brane?

4. What did Penrose and Hawking's theory have to say about the universe's history?

5. Who worked on quantum mechanics in the 1920s, and what discovery was made?

6. What is hard to reconcile with Dirac's discoveries in quantum mechanics?

7. What was the bedrock of relativity theory, and what did it imply?

8. What was considered the foundation of a TOE and why did it go out of fashion?

9. What kind of history might the universe have, according to quantum mechanics?

10. What does it mean for stars to be red-shifted or blue-shifted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Expound on Einstein's involvement, direct or indirect, in WWII. Be sure to discuss the relationship between scientific discovery and practical use. Analyze The Manhattan Project as an example of science and its utilization.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that answers the following questions: What is M-theory? What is its relationship to various string models? What does Hawking believe about M-theory? The essay must include at least two supporting evidences from the book, and one example from an outside text.

Essay Topic 3

Discussing the future is very prevalent throughout Hawking's book. Write an essay that focuses on two key anxieties and two hopes that Hawking, another scientist, or you, have, for the future of humanity's development, whether it be biological or electronic.

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