Michael Meyer

The Physics of Fine-Tuning

How fragile is our world? What physics led to the existence of life, and how likely --o...

Title	Description	People	Date
Capitalizing on diversity: Outcomes of planet formation as initial conditions for life	Michael R. Meyer, Institute for Astronomy, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, delivers a talk about planet formation and conditions for life to exist.	Michael Meyer	10 May, 2016
What Can We Learn from Planetary Surveys?	In the fourth part of their discussion, Suzanne Aigrain and Michael Meyer discuss how we move from observations of exoplanets to conclusions about their types and formation. This discussion was conducted at Trinity College, Oxford, on February 12, 2016.	Suzanne Aigrain, Michael Meyer	20 April, 2016
Is Our Solar System Special?	In the third part of their discussion, Suzanne Aigrain and Michael Meyer discuss ways in which our solar system is unusual in its makeup and formation. This discussion was conducted at Trinity College, Oxford, on February 12, 2016.	Suzanne Aigrain, Michael Meyer	20 April, 2016
Fine-Tuning and the Scientific Process	In the second part of their discussion, Michael Meyer and Suzanne Aigrain talk about the way they, as working physicists, think of fine-tuning in complex planetary systems. This discussion was conducted at Trinity College, Oxford, on February 12, 2016.	Suzanne Aigrain, Michael Meyer	20 April, 2016
Telescope Design and the Search for Life	In the first part of their discussion, Michael Meyer and Suzanne Aigrain lay out the conditions for habitability on an exoplanet and challenges of looking for such planets. This discussion was conducted at Trinity College, Oxford, on February 12, 2016.	Suzanne Aigrain, Michael Meyer	20 April, 2016