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Wed, Feb 8, 2012 -- 10:00 AM
'The Life of Super-Earths'
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Dimitar Sasselov speaks on January 22, 2012 in Munich, Germany.
Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov, director of Harvard's Origins of Life Initiative, joins us to discuss his new book "The Life of Super-Earths" and to explain why he thinks planets larger than Earth offer the best prospects for finding life as we know it.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Dimitar Sasselov, astronomy professor and director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative at Harvard University and author of "The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet"
More info:
- About the Origins of Life Initiative : at Harvard.edu
- About the book "The Life of Super-Earths" : at IndieBound.org
- Watch a TED Talk with Dimitar Sasselov : at TED.com
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