Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 January 2010
Organised by Dr Martin Dominik (University of St Andrews) and Professor John Zarnecki (Open University)
Please find below MP3 audio files recorded at this discussion meeting for the following talks and discussions. Unfortunately, due to a technical failure, the audio files from Professor Colin Pillinger CBE FRS and Dr Christopher P McKay's talks are not available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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Astrobiology, space, and a future age of discovery
Professor Baruch S Blumberg, Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
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Life in the lithosphere and the prospects for life elsewhere
Professor Charles S Cockell, Open University, UK
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The evolution of organic matter in space
Pofessor Pascale Ehrenfreund,The George Washington University, USA, and Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Predicting what extra-terrestrial life will be like… and preparing for the worst Professor Simon Conway Morris FRS, University of Cambridge, UK
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Extra-solar planets: the quest for Earth twins
Professor Michel Mayor, Geneva University, Switzerland
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Extraterrestrial life in ESA's cosmic vision and beyond
Dr Malcolm Fridlund, European Space Agency (ESA), Astrophysics Mission Division, The Netherlands
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Life as a cosmic imperative?
Professor Viscount Christian de DuveForMemRS, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Belgium
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Searching for a shadow biosphere on Earth as a test of the 'cosmic imperative'
Dr Paul Davies, Arizona State University, USA
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The search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI)
Dr Frank Drake, SETI Institute, USA
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The implications of the discovery of extraterrestrial life for religion and theology
Professor Ted Peters, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
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Fear, pandemonium, equanimity, and delight: human responses to extraterrestrial life
Professor Albert A Harrison, University of California, Davis, USA
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Is life what we make of it?
Dr Kathryn Denning, York University (Toronto), Canada
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Discovery of extraterrestrial life: assessment by scales of its importance and associated risks
Professor Iván Almár, Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
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Dr Mazlan Othman, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria
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