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April 2
The Ends of the World: Astrobiology and Armageddon
Readings
The University Book Store recommends:
Purchase online now when you see 
Ward, Peter. Future Evolution: An Illuminated History of Life to Come. New York: Times Books / Henry Holt & Co., 2001.
Ward, Peter and Donald Brownlee. Rare Earth: Why Life is Uncommon in the Universe. New York: Copernicus / Springer-Verlag, 2000.
Ward, Peter. Rivers in Time: The Search for Clues to Earth's Mass Extinctions. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
Grady, Monica. Astrobiology. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001.
Jakosky, Bruce. The Search for Life on Other Planets. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Alley, Richard B. The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change & Our Future. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000.
Web Resources
UW-related
- Prof. Don Brownlee's Department of Astronomy
- Prof. Peter Ward's Department of Earth & Space Sciences and Department of Zoology
- Brownlee's faculty Web site
- Rare Earth, promoting Brownlee and Ward's book Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe, published in 2000 by Copernicus Press.
- The Astrobiology Program, a new graduate certificate program sponsored by 10 UW departments
- 1998 UW news release announcing the creation of the astrobiology graduate program.
- 2001 UW news release announcing the expansion of the astrobiology program.
- "Out of this World," March 1999 Columns Magazine article on UW's role in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Astrobiology-related
- Astrobiology Web, presented by SpaceRef, a Web site devoted to resources on space for novices and specialists. The major features of this site are links to hundreds of news stories about astrobiology and links to hundreds of astrobiological resources, including such topics as astrochemistry, biosatellites and panspermia.
- SETI Institute, the research and educational organization dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
- The Planetary Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration of the solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life.
- Are We Alone?, a transcript of an ABC News.com debate between Prof. Peter Ward and Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute.
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