I am mostly content with what I have written. I chose the subject of astronomical spectroscopy because I wanted to challenge myself. I already had an idea of how the science worked, but I knew that if I wanted to write the essay, I would have to do hours of research to properly understand it. I am aware that I have barely skimmed the surface of the science, but one can only put so much into just a few pages.
As far as content goes, I think I was able to cover a huge amount of information that I myself was not entirely familiar with, and put it into simple terms. Albert Einstein once said, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." I used this my base for how I would write it, preferring to use the technique of putting everything into historical context. By explaining the chronological history of the science, the reader is more able to remember the content by thinking about it like a story.
To test this, I asked my father, a drama and Shakespearean literature teacher for more than a decade, to read the essay. Other than a few unclear sentences and grammatical errors, he was able to understand the concept of the science.
If I were to change the essay, I would have been more specific about the math that went into the discoveries, especially on the subatomic scale. Maybe that will be for other astronomy classes that I take, since this course has increased my interest in the subject.
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