Dennis W. Just, Ph.D.
Dennis W. Just, Ph.D.
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The class meets every Monday/Wednesday from 9:10-11:50pm in CD (Child Development).
The syllabus is here.
The sign-up doodle poll is here. The pre-lab is here, and the instructions are here. ***You don't need to print out the instructions, there will be a copy at the East Campus Observatory for you.*** The online planisphere is here.
Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction - Plaxco & Gross (2011), link
Astrobiology: Understanding Life in the Universe - Charles S. Cockell (2015), link
Encyclopedia of Astrobiology - Gargaud et al. (2011), link
Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars - Lee Billings (2014), link
An Introduction to Astrobiology - Rothery et al. (2011), link
Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology -Kasting (2002), 
link
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe - Ward & Brownlee (2003), link

SCHEDULE
Syllabus
Scale of the Solar System, Night Sky
The Seasons
NO CLASS - LABOR DAY
History of Astronomy (Pt 1)
History of Astronomy (Pt 2)
Orbits and Gravity
Light and Matter
Telescopes​
Life on Earth - Cells​
Metabolism​
DNA and Evolution​
Review for Midterm
Abiogenesis
​MIDTERM

A Biological Tour of the Solar System I
A Biological Tour of the Solar System II
​Life on Mars I​
Life on Mars II
Life on Mars III
Life on Jovian Moons I (Europa)
​Life on Jovian Moons II​ (Europa, Titan)
NO CLASS - VETERAN'S DAY
Life on Jovian Moons III (Titan, Enceladus, Titania, Oberon, Triton)
​Life Outside the Solar System I
Life Outside the Solar System II
Habitable Zones
​The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Interstellar Travel
The Fermi Paradox
Review for the Final Exam
FINAL EXAM
Aug 26 - Week 1
Aug 31 - Week 2
Sept 2
Sept 7 - Week 3
Sept 9
Sept 14 - Week 4
Sept 16
Sept 21 - Week 5
Sept 23
​Sept 28 - Week 6
​Sept 30
​Oct 5 - Week 7
Oct 7
Oct 12 - Week 8
​Oct 14

​Oct 19 - Week 9
Oct 21
Oct 26 - Week 10
Oct 28
Nov 2 - Week 11
Nov 4
Nov 9 - Week 12
​Nov 11

Nov 16 - Week 13
Nov 18
Nov 23 - Week 14
Nov 25
Nov 30 - Week 15
Dec 2
Dec 7 - Week 16
Dec 9
Dec 14
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