What Is Life?
An intensive course at Ormond College, 2017
Report
Starting points
Life Beyond Earth
The book by Feinberg and Shapiro, and related things
The Fermi Paradox
Estimating the number of aliens civilisations/biospheres, and trying to work out why we haven't been contacted
Broader Philosophy of Science
The Extended Phenotype
Does Richard Dawkins have a definition of replicator that's so general that it can be used to define life?
Other Readings
- Ball and Brindley on the origin of life on Earth, 2017
- Wang's Carpets by Greg Egan
Conclusion
Coordinator: Jason Grossman, GEM Scott Fellow, Ormond College; this web site produced by Jason Grossman, Ciara Hart, Esther Cowen and Ada Quinn