Lecture 10: Life in the Universe
A brief attempt to look at the question of life in the universe in light of the ideas discussed in the Ascent of Man, plus an opportunity to recall of some of the more important concepts discussed in the previous lectures.
Lecture Outline
1. Introduction
2. Panspermia
3. Search for Life Elsewhere
4. Arguments against Extraterrestrial Life
5. Arguments for Extraterrestrial Life
6. Evolution of Life
7. Detecting life
8. Ascent of Homo sapiens
9. When and how did this come about?
10. What happened back then?
11. Human Brain
12. Life in the Universe
13. So what?
14. What is life?
Thank you for your participation in the Ascent of Man
A brief attempt to look at the question of life in the universe in light of the ideas discussed in the Ascent of Man, plus an opportunity to recall of some of the more important concepts discussed in the previous lectures.
Lecture Outline
1. Introduction
2. Panspermia
3. Search for Life Elsewhere
4. Arguments against Extraterrestrial Life
5. Arguments for Extraterrestrial Life
6. Evolution of Life
7. Detecting life
8. Ascent of Homo sapiens
9. When and how did this come about?
10. What happened back then?
11. Human Brain
12. Life in the Universe
13. So what?
14. What is life?
Thank you for your participation in the Ascent of Man