TA: Dharmesh Jain (Dharmesh.Jain at stonybrook.edu)
Office Hours: Mondays and Fridays 12:00 - 1:30 PM
| Week | Date | Topics | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 29 Jan 31 |
Introduction Estimation: The Drake Equation |
BS1-2, P 1-2 | |
| 2 | Feb 5 Feb 7 |
N* | The Sun Why the Sun Shines |
BS 3, 10 |
| 3 | Feb 12 Feb 14 |
N* | The Stars: Other Suns Starbirth |
BS 11.1, 11.4 |
| 4 | Feb 19 Feb 21 |
Ns | Stellar Evolution The Galaxy |
BS 3, 10 |
| 5 | Feb 26 Feb 28 |
fp nh |
Planets Overview of the Solar System |
BS 7 |
| 6 | Mar 4 Mar 6 |
nh | Extra-Solar Planets | BS 11.2 |
| 7 | Mar 11 | UFOs as evidence for alien visitation | P 9 | |
| 7 | Mar 13 | Test 1 (weeks 1-6) | BS 1-3, 7, 10, 11.1-11.2, 11.4; P 1-2, 9 | |
| 8 | Mar 25 Mar 27 |
fl | What is Life? The Nature of Biological Evolution |
BS 5 |
| 9 | Apr 1 Apr 3 |
fl | The History of Life on Earth | BS 4,6; P3,5 |
| 10 | Apr 8 Apr 10 |
fl | Mars Europa |
BS 8,9; P4 |
| 11 | Apr 15 | fl | Titan | BS 9.3 |
| 11 | Apr 17 | Test 2 (weeks 7-11) | BS 4-6,8-10; P3-6 | |
| 12 | Apr 22 Apr 24 |
fl fi fc |
Extra-Solar Planets Evolution and Intelligence |
BS 11, 12 |
| 13 | Apr 29 May 1 |
fc L/T |
SETI Lifetimes of Civilizations | P7, BS 12 |
| 14 | May 6 May 8 |
Where Are They? Space Travel |
B13, P10 |
*** note: this plan is subject to change ***
BS refers to chapters in Bennett & Shostak's
Life in the Universe.
P refers to chapters in Pickover's The Science of Aliens.