Astronomy 321 - Fall 2015

The Future of Humanity

MWF 1:00-1:50 PM · RLM 15.216B · 46755

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Wednesday, December 2, Discussion of graded drafts with peers.

Paper 3, 10 pages, The Future of Humanity, Due Friday, December 4.

Topic of final paper: what do you think the future of humanity will be in 100 years (a few generations), 1000 years (time since modern civilization), 10,000 years (time since agriculture, communities), 100,000 years (timescale of past human biological evolution) and beyond (geological, astronomical, cosmological timescales)?


Undergrad First Class Day Memo:
http://www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/education/memo.html