OM DENNE EPISODE
We kick of the 5th season of Physics Bytes ! with a veritable bang : Josephine, Aude, Maya and Lena start off our SETI project with a lesson in history!
What is SETI you say? it's the "Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence" which is basically the scientific ( and correct ) way of talking about looking for Aliens!
It's the first of a series going over all the aspects of this excitign field of research that bridges Science and Science Fiction!
Chapters :
1:20 - What is life
1:55 - different types of life
4:35 - history of human thought on extra-terrestrial life
6:20 - the copernican revolution
8:42 - the enlightenment period
10:42 - SETI in the 20th century
12:40 - Who is Philip Morrison?
14:04 - 1420 MHz, a special frequency!
15:32 - Frank Drake, an important figure in the 20th century
16:52 - the Drak equation : how many ET civilisations
17:54 - The “golden age* of SETI
20:46 - Project Phoenix
27:14 - current state of affairs in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
33:10 - AI and Future projects in the service of SETI
38:20 - Any dangers to the future of SETI research?
42:25 - what is the role to be played by non-scientific disciplines?
44:00 - Lena’s thoughts on the Project
45:40 : Aude’s thoughts …
46:49 - Josephine wants to contact the aliens!
48:22 - Maya : “God No ! “
-- Credits --
Intro Music :
"Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode Music :
"Mirage" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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