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Flashcards by Stephen Kerns, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Stephen Kerns
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| Big Bang | A theory that the Universe started off extremely hot & dense and cooled off as it expanded. |
| Complexity | A quality of object of system that has diverse components precisely arranged in connection with one another. |
| Emergent Properties | Properties of a complex system that are not present within its parts but that emerge only when those parts are combined. |
| Goldilocks Conditions | Specific set of conditions necessary to enable greater complexity. |
| Ingredients | Components that are put together to form something new and more complex. |
| Interdisciplinary Approach | An approach to a subject that uses the viewpoints of many different kinds of scholars about the same topic. |
| Origin Story | A narrative about the beginning of the Universe and humanity. |
| Thresholds of Increasing Complexity | Moments in the history of the Universe when specific ingredients under the right "Goldilocks Conditions" come together to create something new and more complex. |
| Universe | All the matter and energy in existence, as well as the space that contains it. |
| Scale | Degrees of magnification, or perspective, used to measure time, space, and size. |
| Scientific Notation | A method of expressing very large and very small numbers to avoid using the many zeros that would be required otherwise. |
| Big History | A unified account of the entire history of the Universe that uses evidence and ideas from many disciplines to create a broad context for understanding humanity; a modern scientific origin story. |
| Religion | A set of beliefs and practices that concern humanity’s relationship with the spiritual, the supernatural, and reality. |
| Science | An approach to discovering knowledge about the natural world that relies on testing ideas through observation or experiment. |
| Astrophysics | The study of the properties and interactions of planets, stars, galaxies, and other astronomical objects. |
| Cosmology | The study of the Universe on its largest scales, including its origin. |
| History. | The study of past events. |
| Emergent Properties. | Properties of a complex system that are not present within its parts but that emerge only when those parts are combined. |
| Entropy (the law of). | The natural tendency of all things to move from order to disorder. (Note: Although often called the law of entropy, it is more accurate to refer to it as the second law of thermodynamics.) |
| The Second Law of Thermodynamics. | The natural tendency of all things to move from order to disorder. (Note: often called the law of entropy.) |
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