Lecture 1 ... 12 Jan 2010 ---
Welcome and course info; Mars thought experiments
Lecture 2 ... 14 Jan 2010 ---
Tours of biology, astronomy, astrobiology;
brief history of science;
what is science?
Lecture 3 ... 19 Jan 2010 ---
Definitions of life; initial conditions
Lecture 4 ... 26 Jan 2010 ---
Miller-Urey; panspermia; anthropic principle
Lecture 5 ... 28 Jan 2010 ---
Chemistry.
Lecture 6 ... 2 Feb 2010 ---
Chemistry continued.
Lecture 7 ... 4 Feb 2010 ---
Finish chemistry; start biology.
Lecture 8 ... 9 Feb 2010 ---
Biology
Lecture 9 ... 11 Feb 2010 ---
Finish biology, start physics
Lecture 10 ... 16 Feb 2010 ---
Physics. Laissez les bons temps roules!
Lecture 11 ... 18 Feb 2010 ---
Finish physics.
Lecture 12 ... 23 Feb 2010 ---
Begin astronomy.
Lecture 13 ... 2 Mar 2010 ---
Astronomy.
Lecture 14 ... 4 Mar 2010 ---
Finish astronomy; begin geology.
Lecture 15 ... 9 Mar 2010 ---
Finish astronomy; geology.
Lecture 16 ... 23 Mar 2010 ---
Astrobiology!
Lecture 17 ... 25 Mar 2010 ---
Finish astrobiology
Lecture 18 ... 1 Apr 2010 ---
Case study: Europa
Lecture 19 ... 6 Apr 2010 ---
Case study: Mars
Lecture 20 ... 8 Apr 2010 ---
Finish Mars; begin case study of Titan
Lecture 21 ... 13 Apr 2010 ---
Enceladus
Lecture 22 ... 15 Apr 2010 ---
Life on Earth
Lecture 23 ... 20 Apr 2010 ---
Life on Earth; Detection of life
Lecture 24 ... 22 Apr 2010 ---
Detection of life
Lecture 25 ... 27 Apr 2010 ---
Signatures of life/advanced life
Lecture 26 ... 29 Apr 2010 ---
A brief stroll backwards through the course
Last modified: 29 Apr 2010