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Topics
Chapters
Introduction to astrobiology
1
Philosophy and methodology of science
2
Planetary evolution
4
Exam 1
Basic biology
3
Biological evolution
5
Searching for life in the solar system
6
Exam 2
Search for life in the solar system, continued
7-8
Habitable worlds & extrasolar planets
9-10
SETI
11
Exam 3
Aliens and interstellar travel
12-14
Planetary engineering
Final exam
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