The Science and Technology of Space

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.07.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Biological Considerations and Necessary Environmental Conditions
  4. Physics of Detecting Extraterrestrial Life
  5. Strategies
  6. Objectives
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Cited Works
  9. Reading List
  10. Appendix-Content Standards

Are We Alone?

Eric J. Laurenson

Published September 2007

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Cited Works

Boss, Alan (1998) Looking for Earth: The Race to Find New Solar Systems. New York. Johh Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Freedman, Roger A. and William Kaufman (2005) Universe. Seventh edition. New York. W. H. Freeman and Company.

Kutter, G.S (1987) The Universe and Life: Origins and Evolution. Boston. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.

Ward, Peter and Donald Brownlee (2000) Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe. New York. Copernicus Books.

"Gliese 581 c" Retrieved June 15, 2007 from Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_c#Discovery

W. Von Bloh, et. al. The Habitability of Super-earths in Gliese 581. May 25, 2007.

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0705/0705.3758v1.pdf

(Discusses the proposal that 581c might have runaway greenhouse gases therefore making 581d in the habitable zone)

Comments:

Eric James Laurenson

October 24, 2007 at 7:38 am

Unit on Life in the Universe

This unit contains information about the likelihood of life elsewhere in the Universe and the need for improved technology to detect it.

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