Super-Earths and Life
Are we alone in this universe? What new information and observations on exoplanets have we discovered?
In the past decade, astronomers have made incredible advances in the discovery of planets outside our solar system. Thirty years ago, we knew only of the planets in our own solar system. Now we know of thousands circling nearby stars.
Super-Earths and Life is a course about life on Earth, alien life, how we search for life outside of Earth, and what this teaches us about our place in the universe.
Meanwhile, biologists have gained a strong understanding of how life evolved on our own planet, all the way back to the earliest cells. We can describe how simple molecules can assemble themselves into the building blocks of life, and how those building blocks might have become the cells that make up our bodies today.
Super-Earths and Life is all about how these fields, astronomy and biology, together with geology, can help answer one of our most powerful and primal questions: are we alone?
What you'll learn
- How life may have arisen on Earth
- How we discover planets around other stars
- What makes a planet favorable for life
- How we search for life in our universe
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| Rating | 4.4★ based on 5 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 15 weeks |
| Effort | 15 weeks, 3–5 hours per week |
| Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
| Cost | $129 |
| From | Harvard University, HarvardX via edX |
| Instructors | Dimitar Sasselov, Colin Fredericks, Alessandro Massarotti |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Science |
| Tags | Biology & Life Sciences Physics Science |
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everyone could just read
Otherwise, everyone could just read a textbook on astrobiology.
much more text-oriented rather
This course was much more text-oriented rather than video oriented, so this is its major flaw.
rather than video oriented
lots of interactive visualizations
The texts were great and informative, with lots of interactive visualizations, but e-courses tend to focus on videos as lectures which engage you in a way you feel as if you're taking a real course.
relies primarily on text
Although the course doesn't have many video lectures and relies primarily on text and animations for teaching, an interested student will find the content to be good and informative.
interested student will find
amazing interview videos with
Although, there were amazing interview videos with important scientists, so this is a plus.
smaller lectures - it
So, I recommend the staff for the next iterations to try to record the texts into smaller lectures - it will be easier to follow for students, and for those that want to go in more detail, there would be texts.
but e-courses tend
its major flaw
bursting with discussions
The forums were bursting with discussions, so I believe everybody could have find the way to be successful in this course, no matter the background.
believe everybody
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| Rating | 4.4★ based on 5 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 15 weeks |
| Effort | 15 weeks, 3–5 hours per week |
| Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
| Cost | $129 |
| From | Harvard University, HarvardX via edX |
| Instructors | Dimitar Sasselov, Colin Fredericks, Alessandro Massarotti |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Science |
| Tags | Biology & Life Sciences Physics Science |
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