PHY319 - Fall 2006

Lecture 29



Lecture Topics

  • Characteristic of Life
  • The Habitable Zone

Main Points

  • Characteristics of life on Earth
    • Detection methods/techniques
  • The Habitable Zone
    • Distance from parent star
    • Planet size
    • Atmosphere and greenhouse effect

Assigned readings
and bibliography


Required Readings

  • Chapter 14
  • see also materials on reserve in the Physics Library