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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 can p-branes absorb?
2. What kind of energy density might an advanced civilization be able to create?
3. According to Hawking, what lies ahead in the future if no great disaster occurs?
4. What is doubling its computational power every eighteen months?
5. How could time travel be possible?
Short Essay Questions
1. What final thought does Hawking have about Star Trek and humanity, in the closing of Chapter 6?
2. What is the grandfather paradox?
3. What are wormholes?
4. What will happen as brains increase in size?
5. What might p-branes be able to predict?
6. What is a time travel "horizon"?
7. What are three of the things Hawking declares have increased exponentially, doubling every forty years of less?
8. At what rate is the computational power of computers increasing, and what computational rate might they actually reach?
9. What did the physicist John Wheeler mean when he said, "a black hole has no hair"?
10. What does Hawking believe black holes radiate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the history of the theory of curved spaces. What is this theory's relationship to the idea of space-time? Cite two examples from Chapter One that identify key participants, events, or ideas related to this topic.
Essay Topic 2
Hawking uses the word "deterministic" quite a bit in Chapter Four. Identify what determinism means in this context, and how it relates to the universe. Then, summarize and analyze the controversy over whether or not the universe is deterministic and what this might entail.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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