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Supplemental information:
COSMOLOGY
History of the big bang (and its observational consequences)
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bb_pillars.html
An exploration of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image
A short description of the Carbon-nuclear resonance and consequences for life:
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/carbon.html
A good primer on the Anthropic principle:
http://www.anthropic-principle.com/primer.html
STELLAR EVOLUTION
The formation and evolution of stars
http://www.maa.mhn.de/Scholar/star_evol.html
Nucleosynthesis and the cosmic abundance of the elements:
http://www.maa.mhn.de/Scholar/star_evol.html
FORMATION/EVOLUTION OF SOLAR SYSTEM
A brief review of current theory regarding the formation of the solar system
http://www.nineplanets.org/origin.html
PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY AND THE ORIGINS OF LIFE
Miller-Urey Chemistries
http://www.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/Exobiology/miller.html
RNA-World
http://www.panspermia.org/rnaworld.htm
EVIDENCE FOR EARLY PRESENCE AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON EARTH
Our own Professor Awramik's lecture on paleobiochemistry
http://www.accessexcellence.com/bioforum/bf02/awramik/
The three domains of Life
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-01zm.html
Extremophiles
Life's diversity on earth
http://www.astrobiology.com/extreme.html
SETI
An overview of methods used in the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life.