··Course Background

After a century of imagination and attempts at exploring extraterrestrial civilizations, scientists have invented various scientific methods for seeking "them".

However, choosing among these methods is not just a scientific problem. The scientists have heated debates on these issues, but their arguments shine with rationality. 

Next comes the time for various powerful exploration tools to demonstrate their capabilities. 

This course will present you with rich materials to illustrate: 

1.How do scientists engage in "rational arguments"? 

2.What are those grand human exploration tools doing? 

3.What significant discoveries have humans made so far? 

··Lecture

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​Wang Jie

·Science Communicator

·Science film and television director  

·Screenwriter  

· A member of the China Science Popularization Writers Association and one of the founders of "Science Voice"

· His representative work "The Shape of Time: A History of Relativity" won the 8th Wenjin Book Award

· His science fiction novel "Prison of Time" won the 2019 Ba Hua Literature Award

· He directed and wrote the special effects film "The Amazing Universe" for the Science and Technology Museum, which won the Gold Award for Outstanding Science Popularization Works (Film and Animation) at the 6th China Science Popularization Writers Association Award

· He directed and wrote "Nature's Secrets," which won the Silver Award for Outstanding Science Popularization Works (Film and Animation) at the 7th China Science Popularization Writers Association Award

· He has written more than ten books, including "Strings of the Starry Sky," "Loneliness of Billions of Years," "Children's Science Thinking Training Series," "A Brief History of the Solar System," "The Spark of Civilization," "You Won't Believe It Until You Hear It," and "Plants in Battle"

··Course overview

Episodes 1-2: Century's Journey: Should We Proactively Call Extraterrestrial Life? 

The scientific community quickly realized the potential danger of proactively calling extraterrestrial life and engaged in a heated, rational debate among a group of heavyweight scientists, which also sparked the public's reconsideration of this issue. 

Episode 3: The "Weapon Spectrum" Used to Search for Extraterrestrial Life 

As human history entered the 1980s, it was a golden age for searching for extraterrestrial life. Various powerful exploration tools emerged, and humans' ability to search for extraterrestrial life became increasingly strong. Even celestial bodies suspected to be "Dyson spheres" were discovered! 

Episode 4: Can Humans Really Evolve into Transformers? 

Not only do scientists have big imaginations, but their ideas are often full of romance. John von Neumann, the father of modern computing, believed that humans could make self-replicating robots, which would be the starting point for humans to evolve into Transformers! It's truly incredible. 

Episode 5: Don't Be Misled by Roswell Anymore 

Ordinary people outside the scientific community are still easily deceived by illusions. The "Roswell incident", which many people still talk about today, is not actually so mysterious. The search for traces of extraterrestrial life can only rely on the power of science. 

Episode 6: Hello, Exoplanet! 

Using the doppler spectroscopy method, humans finally discovered the first exoplanet outside the solar system in history. However, scientists quickly invented more powerful and clever methods for searching for exoplanets, and you have probably heard of what those methods are. 

Episode 7: SETI@home: Everyone Can Participate 

The bottleneck of searching for extraterrestrial signals emerged, and scientists faced a huge amount of data far beyond computational power. A group of young people came up with a solution, and even you can participate from home. 

Episode 8: The Great Discovery of Earth-like Planets 

If Earth-like planets can be found, the possibility of finding extraterrestrial life will greatly increase. Since this century, the discoveries of super-Earths and Earth-like planets have been overwhelming. So, are "they" about to come? 

··Target audience

1.Adolescents in the junior high to high school stages who are in the golden period of building scientific thinking. 

2.Adults who are interested in hardcore scientific topics. 

3.Parent-child families who want to explore the world of science together.