Thursday, January 24, 2008

Term project suggestion for Planetary Formation class

Life at High Pressure: The conventional wisdom is that life (as we know it) cannot
survive at very high pressure because the proteins can’t fold the same way, etc, etc.
Assess the fundamental limits on life inside planets. Check out Hazen RM, Boctor N,
Brandes JA, et al. High pressure and the origin of life
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 14 (44): 11489-11494 NOV 11
2002. Also check out Jules Verne.

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