ASTR380, Fall 2011

Life in the Universe

Instructor:  Prof. Andrew Harris
Lecture Time: TuTh 9:30-10:45
Lecture Room: CSS 2400
Teaching Assistant: Ron Ballouz

Class Information

• Course syllabus
• Lecture schedule
  
• Lecture slides and assignments are on the class ELMS page.
• Prof. Harris' Office Hours (in CSS 1229): TuTh 11:00 am - 12:00 pm or by appointment.

Material to Help You Out

• Working with equations
• Scientific notation
• Astronomical sizes
• Astronomical distances
• Scale of the universe
• Formation of solar system and planets
• Astronomy Picture of the Day

• Exponential growth
• Evolution
• Origin of life
• Mass extinctions
• Possibilities for life elsewhere in Solar System
• Extrasolar planets
• Drake equation
• Fermi paradox
• Interstellar travel
• Interesting Astrobiology website