years there has been increasing demand for cosmology to be taught at university in an accessible manner Traditionally, cosmology was taught, as it was to me, as the tail end of a general relativity course, with a derivation ofthe metric for an expanding Universe and a few solutions Such a course fails to capture the flavour of modem cosmology
1 0 1 – The What of Cosmology 2 1 1 – Theology and Cosmology 5 1 2 – Our Hypothesis 8 1 2 1 – Reasons not Justifications 11 1 3 – Thesis Structure 14 2 – Cosmology in History 15 2 1 – The Heart of Division 17 2 1 1 – A Matter of Perspective 18 2 2 – What is Real 20 2 2 1 – A Shift in Consciousness 22 2 3 – It is All
Reclaiming a Sacred Cosmology: Seyyed Hossein Nasr, the Perennial Philosophy, and Sustainability Education Almut Beringer, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Abstract The question posed by the Canadian Journal of Environmental Education volume 11, “where is the place for religion in environmental education?” is
cosmology of Ptolemy needed layer upon layer of epicycles Yet the big bang is not the only framework available for understanding the history of the universe Plasma cosmology and the steady-state model both hypothesize an evolving universe without beginning or end These and other
roadmap for Canadian astronomy over the next decade and beyond, reflecting Canadian astronomers' aspirations and passion for understanding the Universe
Degree Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics and Astronomy May 2003 Institute University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada Thesis Title
University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Combined Honours in Physics and Astronomy, May 2008
Director, Canadian Computational Cosmology Collaboration (C4) CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Victoria