What Is Other Resources

Class 6 Core Readings

• Huang Twins. (2012). "The Scale of the Universe." 2012 Version 5 mins
• AAAS. (1990). "Chapter 4. The Physical Setting." Link 30 mins
• AAAS. (1990). "Chapter 5. The Living Environment." Link 15 mins
• Curtis, Helena. (1983). "The Flow of Energy." Biology. pp. 157-164. Link 10 mins
• Energy Flow Diagram Link 5 mins
• Windows to the Universe. (2010). "Carbon Cycle." (review diagram) Link 5 mins
• USGS. (2014). "The Water Cycle." (review diagram). Link 5 mins
• Ponting, Clive. (1993). "Foundations of History." Green History of the World. pp. 8-18. Link. 15 mins
• "A Timeline of Life's Evolution." Exploring Life's Origins. Link <5 mins
• Wikipedia. "The Selfish Gene." (read the highlights only, if you like).Link <5 mins
• Birdsell, J.B.. (1975) "The Universe and Our Place in It." Human Evolution. pp. 11-19. Link 10 mins
• Wikipedia. "Carrying Capacity." (read the highlighted text and whatever else you find of interest.) Link 5 mins

Class 6 Interest Readings

• Wikipedia. (2009). "Outline of Knowledge." Link
• Wikipedia. (2009). "Universe." Link
• Wikipedia. (2009). "Laws of Science." Link
• Wikipedia. (2009). "Earth." Link
• Wikipedia. (2009). "Ecology." Link
• Wikipedia. (2009). "Evolution." Link
• Wikipedia. (2009). "Evolutionary History of Life." Link
• Wikipedia. (2009). "Human." Link
• Powers of Ten Video Link
• AAAS. (1990). "Chapter 6. The Human Organism." Link
• Wolchover, Natalie. "A New Physics Theory of Life." (28 January 2014). Scientific American, Quanta Magazine.

Wolchover presents MIT researcher Jeremy England's ideas about how matter-energy spontaneously generates complexity in certain circumstances, and how this proclivity can be used to shed light on life's origins, and upon aspects of biological evolution less than fully explained by Darwinian natural selection. Links in this article to related research. Link 10pp., 15min.