ASTR 380, Life in the Universe

Fall 2009

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(note: PowerPoint slides are large files)

• Lecture 1: Introduction and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 2: An inventory of the universe and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 3: The very early universe and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 4: Origin of heavy elements and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 5: Planet formation and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 6: Evolution: early ideas and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 7: Misconceptions about evolution and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 8: Evolution: microbiology and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 9: Evolution: the fossil record, PDF of PowerPoint slides, and notes from John Merck's lecture
• Lecture 10: The origin of life and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 11: Extremophiles and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 12: Mass extinctions and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 13: The requirements for life and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 14: The habitable zone and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 15: The inner solar system and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 16: Mars and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 17: The moons of the outer planets and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 18: Extrasolar planets and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 19: The future of life on Earth and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 20: The Drake equation and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 21: The development of intelligence and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 22: Searching for other civilizations and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 23: UFOs and alien visits and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 24: Interstellar travel and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 25: The Fermi paradox and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 26: Relativity and time travel and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 27: Terraforming other planets and PDF of PowerPoint slides
• Lecture 28: Top ten points from class

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