Cosmology and Life
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0301615,
title = {Cosmology and Life},
author = {Mario Livio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0301615},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
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