Homework 6

DUE Tue. May 9
at the beginning of class
Homeworks turned in after lecture has begun will be considered late.

All problems are from the text, Universe (7th edition) by Freedman & Kaufmann.


# ChapterQuestion
1.2641
2.2830
3.2832
4.2835
5.2837
6.2842
7.2927
8.2930
X* -***

* Extra credit:
*** The Anthropic Principle is sometimes invoked to justify the particular value of the cosmological constant. Do enough research to learn about this issue, and offer a brief critique. Does this anthropic reasoning make sense to you? [There is no "right" answer, just a lot to think about!]

Be sure to show your work. A simple "Yes" does not constitute a complete answer. You must write in complete sentences and show all mathematical computations to receive full credit. Your homework must be legible for us to grade it - please be neat!