TY - ADVS AU - Close,Laird ED - The Great Courses (Firm), ED - Kanopy (Firm), TI - Life in Our Universe PY - 2013/// PB - The Great Courses KW - Astronomy KW - Education films KW - lcgft N1 - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; Laird Close; Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013 N2 - 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 UR - https://tus.kanopy.com/node/5756927 UR - https://www.kanopy.com/node/5756927/external-image ER -