This Spring 2008 course, A281 -- Astrobiology, taught by astronomer Karen Meech, is a great course, with syllabus, lecture slides, handouts and homeworks available for download.
The textbook used is Life in the Universe, 2nd edition, by Bennett and Shostak.
The extensive handouts include a 79-page Astrobiology Primer: An Outline of General Knowledge--Version 1, 2006.
Professor Meech is a working astronomer, involved, with the 8th NASA Discovery mission, Deep Impact and many other projects.
You may also want to check out the Institute for Astonomy and the Astrobiology Institute at the University of Hawaii.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Astrobiology at University of Hawaii
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