Physics 20E: Life in the Universe (Spring 2015, UC Irvine) | Physics

Physics 20E: Life in the Universe

Physics 20E: Life in the Universe (Spring 2015, UC Irvine). Instructor: Professor James Bullock. This course provides an overview of the scientific quest to discover life elsewhere in the universe. Topics covered include: the emergence of life on the Earth, life on Mars and throughout the Solar System, the search for habitable worlds and life around other stars in our Galaxy, extraterrestrial intelligence, and techniques to search for signs of life on distant planets.

Lecture 01 - Motivations, Imaginings and the Meaning of Life

Lecture 02 - Defining Life and Our Place in the Universe

Lecture 03 - Revolutions in Matter and Earth

Lecture 04 - Deep Time and the Biological Revolution

Lecture 05 - Sky Above and Earth Below

Lecture 06 - Earth's Atmosphere and Climate

Lecture 07 - Life and the Rise of Oxygen

Lecture 08 - DNA and the Origin of Life

Lecture 09 - Asteroids, Impacts, and Extinction

Lecture 10 - The Solar System

Lecture 11 - Water and Life on Mars

Lecture 12 - Life in the Outer Solar System

Lecture 13 - Stars

Lecture 14 - Searching for Earth 2.0

Lecture 15 - Intelligent Life: Where is Everybody?

Lecture 16 - The Search for Life

References

Physics 20E: Life in the Universe
Professor: James S. Bullock. Syllabus. Assignments. Files: Lecture Slides. Quizzes. Optional Text: Life in the Universe (3rd edition), by Bennett & Shostak.