From the Big Bang to Us: Astronomy and Our Place in the Cosmos- Slide Index

Slide 1 - Title Slide

Slide 2 - Ground-based Astronomy Was Actually the First "Big Science"

Slide 3 - Lick Observatory 1881

Slide 4 - 36-inch Refractor Lick Observatory, 1888

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Slide 6 - 200-inch Palomar Dome, 1938

Slide 7 - Very Large Array, 1991

Slide 8 - VLA

Slide 9 - 8-meter Gemini South, 2002

Slide 10 - Very Large Baseline Array, 1993

Slide 11 - University of California

Slide 12 - California Institute of Technology

Slide 13 - Einstein

Slide 14 - The Sund

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Slide 16 - NASA and NSF

Slide 17 - Gemini

Slide 18 - O'Connell Mauna Kea

Slide 19 - Kitt Peak

Slide 20 - Gemini North

Slide 21 - Students at CfAO COSMOS Summer School

Slide 22 - The Story of Our Universe as Told by Cosmology

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Slide 24 - Quantum Noise 1

Slide 25 - Quantum Noise 2

Slide 26 - Density Ripples

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Slide 29 - Boomerang 1

Slide 30 - Boomerang 2

Slide 31 - Boomerang 3

Slide 32 - Boomerang 4

Slide 33 - Galaxies Colliding

Slide 34 - VLA and HST

Slide 35 - Gemini Galactic

Slide 36 - The Crab Nebula Supernova Remnant

Slide 37 - The Eagle Nebulae, M16

Slide 38 - Carina Proplyds

Slide 39 - Edge-on Orion Proplyds from HST

Slide 40 - Extrasolar Planets

Slide 41 - Why Is "Cosmic Knowledge" Vital for Humanity?

Slide 42 - The Modern Cosmic Myth

Slide 43 - Apollo 17 Earth

Slide 44 - Earth Rise

Slide 45 - Earth from Orbit

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Slide 47 - Large Apertures

Slide 48 - High Resolutions (Ping-pong)

Slide 49 - High Resolutions (Earth & Sun)

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Slide 51 - Long Wavelengths (ALMA millimeter array)

Slide 52 - Cost-Effective (100 times as much)

Slide 53 - Cost-Effective (Keck Adaptive Optics Laser Guide

Slide 54 - In Conclusion...

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