Cosmology and Life
Abstract
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I examine some recent findings in cosmology and their potential implications for the emergence of life in the universe. In particular, I discuss the requirements for carbon-based life, anthropic considerations with respect to the nature of dark energy, the possibility of time-varying constants of nature, and the question of the rarity of intelligent life.
13 pages, no figures or tables. To be published in the proceedings of Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposium II, "Measuring and Modeling the Universe," held 12-22 November 2002, Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA, USA
13 pages, no figures or tables. To be published in the proceedings of Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposium II, "Measuring and Modeling the Universe," held 12-22 November 2002, Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA, USA