Advanced Track, Overview Further material related to the subject of cosmic evolution is available at: Site Summary http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson including a collection of recent research papers easily accessed and downloadable at: This Advanced Track provides a technical http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/current_research.pdf supplement to the introductory web site on cosmic evolution, produced by Eric Chaisson and based on Some representative, relevant publications: Chaisson, E.J., Cosmic Evolution: Rise of Complexity in Nature, courses taught mainly at Harvard University for Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2001. the past few decades: Chaisson, E.J., “Unifying Concept for Astrobiology,” Int. J. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.html Astrobio, v2, p91, 2003; DOI:10.1017/S1473550403001484 Chaisson, E.J., “Cosmic Evolution: State of the Science,” in Cosmos & Culture, Dick & Lupisella (eds), NASA Press, 2009. Currently, this Advanced Track is abbreviated Chaisson, E.J., “Exobiology and Complexity,” in Encyclopedia of Complexity & Systems Science, Meyers (ed.), Springer, 2009. while addressing mainly the concept of energy Chaisson, E.J., “Energy Rate Density as a Complexity Metric and rate density—a numerical quantity proposed as a Evolutionary Driver,” Complexity, v16, p27, 2011; DOI:10.1002/cplx.20323 useful complexity metric for an underlying, Chaisson, E.J., “Energy Rate Density. II. Probing Further a New unifying process that guides the origin, evolution, Complexity Metric,” Complexity, v17, p44, 2011; DOI:10.1002/cplx.20373 and destiny of all organized systems across the Chaisson, E.J., “Using Complexity Science to Search for Unity in arrow of time, from big bang to humankind. In the Natural Sciences”, in Complexity and the Arrow of Time Lineweaver et al. (eds.), Cambridge University Press, 2013. 2015, this supplement will grow dramatically, Chaisson, E.J., “A Singular Universe of Many Singularities: providing much more pertinent technical material Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context”, in Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment, Eden, at an advanced, quantitative level (suitable for et al., (eds.), The Frontiers Collection, Springer, Berlin, 2013. colleague scientists and graduate students) well YOUTUBE postings from Moscow and Cambridge, 2012: beyond that presented in the above-linked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbXzmPWCMIM introductory web site (which is meant for non- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChAmeRD3b-I scientists and beginning students). This material is ©2013, by Eric J. Chaisson http:www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.html Site Summary - 1 .