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Astrobiology and Space Exploration (Spring 2010, Stanford Univ.).
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
333 years, 3 months
Units & Quizzes
12
Unlimited Lifetime access
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Certificate of Completion
This is a collection of 12 selected video lectures given by Professor Lynn Rothschild and other scientists and astronauts, on astrobiology and space exploration. This course discusses evolution in the context of space and time, focusing on the emergence of life in a planetary context on Earth and possibly elsewhere as well as the evolution of intelligence and the search for it elsewhere
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Astrobiology and Space Exploration Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – From Interstellar Molecules to Astrobiology Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Pushing the Envelope for Life Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Replaying the Tape Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – From the Ground Up: Suborbital Flight and Small Satellites Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Life Beyond Its Planet of Origin Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – ALH 84001 and Other Martian Meteorites Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Controlled Environmental Life Support Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Genomic Dark Matter: The Emergence of Small RNAs Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Life in Space, Life on Earth Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – The Asteroid Challenge: Will We Be Ready? Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Planetary Systems around Other Stars Unlimited
