Life in Our Universe. Episode 18, Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
(2019, original release: 2013)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2013
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
6756926
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
How common is simple life is in our universe? What about intelligent life? Start to answer these questions by estimating the prevalence of prokaryotic single-celled microbes and reviewing the process of evolution. Evaluate arguments in the book Rare Earth by Ward and Brownlee claiming that while microbial life is common, only Earth has intelligent life. Finally, touch on how aliens might appear
Film
In Process Record
Laird Close
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English