Astronomy 183: Lecture notes and supplemental materials

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

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