Simon Lilly: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2018

NameHerr Prof. em. Dr. Simon Lilly
LehrgebietAstrophysik
Adresse
Dep. Physik
ETH Zürich, HIT J 11.2
Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-Maillilly@astro.phys.ethz.ch
DepartementPhysik
BeziehungProfessor emeritus

NummerTitelECTSUmfangDozierende
402-0101-00LThe Zurich Physics Colloquium Information 0 KP1KR. Renner, G. Aeppli, C. Anastasiou, N. Beisert, G. Blatter, S. Cantalupo, C. Degen, G. Dissertori, K. Ensslin, T. Esslinger, J. Faist, M. Gaberdiel, G. M. Graf, R. Grange, J. Home, S. Huber, A. Imamoglu, P. Jetzer, S. Johnson, U. Keller, K. S. Kirch, S. Lilly, L. M. Mayer, J. Mesot, B. Moore, D. Pescia, A. Refregier, A. Rubbia, K. Schawinski, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, A. Vaterlaus, R. Wallny, A. Wallraff, W. Wegscheider, A. Zheludev, O. Zilberberg
KurzbeschreibungResearch colloquium
Lernziel
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesOccasionally, talks may be delivered in German.
402-0384-00LLife in the Universe
This course is aimed at physics and other science students who would like to understand the astrophysics background to the multi-disciplinary question of Life in the Universe.
6 KP2V + 1SS. Lilly
KurzbeschreibungNature of Life and thermodynamics; the evolution of stars and the origin of the chemical elements; planet formation and interstellar chemistry; searches for extra-solar planets; impacts and mass extinctions on Earth; extra-terrestrial Life in the Solar System; searches for extraterrestrial Life and extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI); Cosmology and the conditions for Life; Anthropic Principles.
Lernziel
InhaltThis course is aimed at physics and other science students who would like to understand the astrophysics background to the multi-disciplinary question of Life in the Universe. Topics to be covered will include: the nature of Life and the thermodynamics of living systems and the general conditions for Life; the formation and evolution of stars and the origin of the chemical elements; planet formation and interstellar grain chemistry; extra-solar planets; Life on Earth and the role of catastrophic impacts; the possibility of extra-terrestrial Life in the Solar System; searches for extraterrestrial Life and extraterrestrial intelligence SETI; Cosmology and the conditions for Life in the Universe, Anthropic Principles. The course will be in English.
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