Origins: The Universe,
Earth, and Life
Friday, January 20, 2005
Modern Languages Building Auditorium 3
1:10 PM
Introduction to the symposium
Terrence McDonald, Dean of the College of Literature Science and the
Arts, University of Michigan
1:20
From before the Big Bang through the first million years
Katherine Freese, U-M Department of Physics
1:50
The first million years through the first 9 billion years
Douglas O. Richstone, U-M Department of Astronomy
2:20
The next 4 billion years: making Earth a habitable planet
Stephen E. Kesler, U-M Department of Geological Sciences
2:50
Questions and discussion
3:10
Coffee Break
3:40
The tree of life: Darwinian chemistry as the evolutionary force from cyanic acid to living molecules and cells
Nils G. Walter, U-M Department of Chemistry
4:10
The tree of life: exploring evolutionary pathways through fossil evidence
Daniel C. Fisher, U-M Museum of Paleontology,
Department of Geological Sciences
4:40
The tree of life: exploring evolutionary pathways from extant life
Yin-Long Qiu, U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
5:10
Questions and discussion
5:30
13.7 billion years: the summary
Gordon Kane, U-M Department of Physics
5:50-6:30
Meet the speakers reception
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