1. Based on what we have learned about telescopes, tell me if the James Webb telescope should be built, and if it can replace the work done by Wilson observatory and Chandra and one other telescope of your choosing that we studied. DO NOT copy your logic from other, as I can tell. Explain your reasoning.
2. Describe the contributions of Annie Jump Cannon to astronomy in terms of spectra, stellar analysis, and the value of patterns. Also comment on why you believe that astronomers historically recognized in science (that we have studied thus far) have been mostly white males, and why. For the second part, you may wish to reference
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/magazine/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in-science.html?hp&_r=1& or
http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/cannon.html
3. The story of neutrinos tells us a lot about the process of scientific discovery, which includes success, disappointments, experiment tweaking, and collaboration. Tell me why neutrinos matter to our world, how neutrino oscillation almost defeated Ray Davis, and how neutrinos are produced in fusion.
4. We have spoken a lot about light as a tool in the study of stars. Explain how four different types of wavelengths have impacted what we have discovered in our universe, including dust clouds, galaxies, coronal mass explosions, and communication with satellites or space probes.
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