Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe
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- 5617
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Front Matter
- 1: Orientation Day - your place in space and time
- 2: A Little Astrophysics
- 3: Stars
- 4: Star and Planet Formation
- 5: The Earth
- 6: The Complexification of Chemistry
- 7: Exoplanet Detection Methods
- 8: The Emergence of Life on Earth
- 9: Orbital Dynamics
- 10: The Rise and Fall of Complex Life
- 11: Searching for Life
- 12: N=L and the Drake Equation
Back Matter
Thumbnail: This is a modification of the Flammarion Woodcut is an enigmatic woodcut by an unknown artist. The woodcut depicts a man peering through the Earth's atmosphere as if it were a curtain to look at the inner workings of the universe. The original caption below the picture (not included here) translated to: "A medieval missionary tells that he has found the point where heaven and Earth meet...".