CHEM 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Zircon, Trillium, Radiocarbon Dating
28 Apr 2014
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Creation of the universe, solar system, planets, and satellites. Ancient mythical explanations of the origins of humanity, nature and the cosmos. Epic of gilgamesh sumerian mythology (oldest known recorded story of man) describes the story of king of uruk who was responsible for book keeping. book keeping told us about weather change and also the sumerian tradition of irrigation. Ancient greece spontaneous creation from chaos, gods also created from this chaos. Judaism, christianity, islam model of creation based on a god who decides to create something. The haida peoples creation by the raven trickster. The universe is so tuned for existence that the conscious designer. Philosophical mythologies must have had some purpose. Quantum fluctuation of the nothing a spontaneous creation is possible. Big bang (georges lamietre) the universe explodes out of nothing. Inflationary big bang (alan guth)- it would take less than 12 kg to make the universe de sitter tried to explain universe from mathematical calculation.
