Lecture 1 ... 25 Aug 2009 ---
Welcome and course info; Mars thought experiments
Lecture 2 ... 27 Aug 2009 ---
Tours of biology, astronomy, astrobiology;
brief history of science;
what is science?
Lecture 3 ... 1 Sept 2009 ---
Definitions of life; initial conditions
Lecture 4 ... 3 Sept 2009 ---
Miller-Urey; panspermia; anthropic principle
Lecture 5 ... 8 Sept 2009 ---
Chemistry.
Lecture 6 ... 10 Sept 2009 ---
Chemistry, continued.
Lecture 7 ... 15 Sept 2009 ---
Finish chemistry, begin biology.
Lecture 8 ... 17 Sept 2009 ---
Biology.
Lecture 9 ... 22 Sept 2009 ---
Finish biology.
Lecture 10 ... 24 Sept 2009 ---
Finish biology, start physics.
Lecture 11 ... 29 Sept 2009 ---
Physics.
Lecture 12 ... 1 Oct 2009 ---
Finish physics, start astronomy.
Lecture 13 ... 13 Oct 2009 ---
Astronomy.
Lecture 14 ... 15 Oct 2009 ---
Finish astronomy.
Lecture 15 ... 20 Oct 2009 ---
Geology.
Midterm exam ... 22 Oct 2009 --- See guidelines here.
Lecture 16 ... 27 Oct 2009 ---
Finish geology, start astrobiology.
Lecture 17 ... 29 Oct 2009 ---
Astrobiology.
Lecture 18 ... 3 Nov 2009 ---
Finish astrobiology, first case study: Europa
Lecture 19 ... 5 Nov 2009 ---
Second case study: Mars (Prof. Nadine Barlow) [notes in PowerPoint format]
Lecture 20 ... 10 Nov 2009 ---
Finish Europa; Enceladus
Lecture 21 ... 12 Nov 2009 ---
A few Mars tidbits, and Titan
Lecture 22 ... 17 Nov 2009 ---
Prokaryotes, eukaryotes, evolution
Lecture 23 ... 19 Nov 2009 ---
Evolution; mass extinctions; Chixculub; detection of life
Lecture 24 ... 24 Nov 2009 ---
Finish detection of life; signatures of life/advanced life
Lecture 25 ... 1 Dec 2009 ---
SETI; messages to space; Fermi paradox; other evidence
Lecture 26 ... 3 Dec 2009 ---
A stroll backward through the course
Last modified: 2 Dec 2009