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Does other life exist in the Universe? (Part 1)

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Channel: Gresham College · 2009 · Education

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How likely it is that other intelligent life might exist somewhere else in our universe?
Professor Ian Morison, Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College and at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Manchester, adapts the Drake Equation to predict that intelligent life is likely to only arise every 35 million years.

Part 2 can be accessed here:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1dJ4m0RrY

This is a part of the lecture 'God and the Universe'
The full lecture is available (like all Gresham lectures) in its complete form from the Gresham College website, in video, audio or text formats:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk

Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website.

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