Dimitar Sasselov: The Life of Super-Earths
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2012 · Science & Technology
Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov discusses his book "The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet." Sasselov, the founding director of Harvard University's Origins of Life Initiative, shows how the search for "super-Earths," or rocky planets like our own that orbit other stars, may provide the key to answering essential questions about the origins of life here and elsewhere. That is — if the answers to those questions are not found on Earth first. This lecture was presented by the Harvard Book Store and recorded on 2/17/12. View more lectures at: http://www.youtube.com/user/WGBHForum
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