Book Club Forum- Cosmos & Culture: Share your thoughts!

[Julia DeMarines (Teaspoon)]

Welcome to the Book Club Discussion Forum for Cosmos & Culture where we will share our thoughts, and compile a review for this book for the benefit of our community as well as for the authors of the book.

Happy reading!!

[Sanjoy Som]

Part 1: THE COSMIC CONTEXT

Chapter 1 (pp. 3-24):

COSMIC EVOLUTION- State of the Science- by Eric J. Chaisson

Summary provided by Sanjoy Som! (see attached)

[Julia DeMarines (Teaspoon)]

Related articles/books from the discussion:

• From Cosmos to Intelligent Life: The Four Ages of Astrobiology (by Marcelo Gleiser) http://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.5042v2.pdf
• Life as an Agent of Energy Dispersal (Scot D. Sampson) http://books.google.com/books?id=hiZImVYxoPgC&pg=PA29&dq=li...

[Julia DeMarines (Teaspoon)]

Part 1: The Cosmic Context

Chapter 2 (pg. 25-62):

COSMIC EVOLUTION - History, Culture, and Human Destiny - by Steven J. Dick

Summary Provided by Kera Tucker!