BIOL 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stephen Hawking, V-2 Rocket, Orson Welles
17 Jan 2018
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Chemistry of life, here and elsewhere pt 1: why the course has this topic, the search for extraterrestrial life forces us to define the word life. New horizons pluto was a planet at this time; then made into a dwarf planet. V2 rocket developed in ww ii oct 1946 launched upon england and caused much destruction lead to first roll of film taken from space. Definition of life not as easy as it seems! Perkern. principle: the search for extraterrestrial life will occupy a large portion of the budgets for space exploration in your lifetimes, especially if encouraging results start to come in. Orson welles panic broadcast war of the worlds, oct 30 1938. 5 million ppl heard this broadcast and 20% thought it was really happening and began to panic! ; radio play terrifies nation headlined on the paper the next day. Evidence: the universality (almost) of the genetic code. Life on earth descended from one common ancestor.
