Teaching
Current Courses at UNSW:
PHYS 1211 — Energy and Environmental Physics This course covers the physics of energy
and its application to environmental science. I
teach the first part of this course covering
mechanical and thermal energy, introductory
thermodynamics, climate change, energy in biology
and chemistry, and the origin, applications and
problems of fossil fuels (handbook
entry)
PHYS 1160 — Introduction to Astronomy and the Search for Life Elsewhere This is a fully online course providing an
introduction to astronomy and to the search for
life elsewhere (astrobiology). It uses video
lectures, discussion groups and online
assignments. The presentation is largely non
mathematical, and the course is suitable as an
introductory level course for science students,
and as a general education course for
non-scientists (handbook
entry)
PHYS
1121 – PHYSICS 1AProblem Solving Classes - See the Moodle site for this course PHYS 1111 – Fundamentals of Physics Problem Solving Classes -
Week 5 Class Week 6 Class Week 8 Class I have changed the colour scheme to a white background for better printing. Past Courses (at Macquarie) GEOS 309 — Astrobiology GEOS 325 — Applied Climatology GEOS 328 — Environmental Analysis Using GIS HIST 112 — An Introduction to World History Past Courses (at Swinburne) HET 618 — Astrobiology and the Origins of Life (part of the Swinburne Astronomy Online program) |