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Dec 2009
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Lecture 46: This View of Life (Course Fi...

Richard Pogge
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Course finale and summary. We look back over where we've been the last eleven weeks, and bring together all of the main themes of this course on Life in the Universe. Recorded live on 2009 Dec 4 in Room 1005 Smith Laboratory on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.  
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