"Lec 3 - What is Life?" (January 19, 2010) Lynn Rothschild, Research Scientist NASA Astrobiology Institute Ames Research Center, discusses the need for and attempts to create an operational definition of what it means to be alive. Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford
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Lec 1 - From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology
Lec 2 - The Search for other Earths and Life in the Universe
Lec 5 - Life in Extreme Environments
Lec 6 - How Predictable Is Evolution?
Lec 7 - Catastrophic Impacts in Earth's History
Lec 8 - The Search for Life on Mars
Lec 10 - Life Beyond It's Planet of Origin
Lec 11 - Biologically Reversible Exploration
Lec 12 - Advanced Life Support Systems