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AST 309L

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1. Tu, Sep 2 - pdf
2. Th, Sep 4 - pdf

3. Tu, Sep 9 - pdf
4. Th, Sep 11 + Tu, Sep 16 - pdf

5. Tu, Sep 23 - pdf
6. Th, Sep 25 - pdf

7. Tu, Sep 30 - pdf
8. Th, Oct 2 - pdf

9. Tu, Oct 7 - pdf
10. Tu, Oct 7 - pdf

11. Tu, Oct 14 - pdf
   Enceladus Slides (w/ homework at end) - pdf
12. Th, Oct 16 - pdf

13. Tu, Oct 21 - Moons 1 - Europa - pdf
14. Tu, Oct 21 - Moons 2 - Titan - pdf

15. Tu-Th, Oct 28-30 - Evolution of the Earth I - Hadean - pdf
16. Th, Oct 30 - Evolution of the Earth II - Oxygen - pdf
16a. Notes on Oxygenation of the Atmosphere - pdf

17. Tu, Nov 4 - Evolution of the Earth III - Climate - pdf
18. Th, Nov 6, 11 - Evolution of the Earth IV - Life - pdf
18a. Notes on Evolutionary Processes at the Genome Level - pdf
19. Evolution of the Earth V - 3 Final Topics - pdf

20. Tu-Th, Nov 18-20 - Supplemental reading: Genome perspective on intelligence - pdf
21. Th, Nov 20 - Intelligence - pdf

22. Tu-Tu, Nov 25-Dec 2 - Outline of SETI lectures - pdf
23. Tu-Tu, Nov 25-Dec 2 - SETI lectures - pdf

24. Tu, Dec 8 - Star Travel + Fermi paradox - pdf















 









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