Course details¶
Course meetings¶
Period II: 29.10-10.12
- Mondays 9-12, D112, Physicum
- Work session
- Thursday (1.11) 8-10, A128, Chemicum
- Wednesdays (7.11-12.12) 9-12, C129, Excatum
Instructors¶
David Whipp, main instructor
- Office: D430, Exactum
- Email: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi
- Phone: +358 (0)2 941 51617
Lotta Ylä-Mella, teaching assistant
Course website¶
- Main course site: https://introqg.github.io
- Geo-Python course site: https://geo-python.github.io
Textbooks¶
There are no required textbooks for this course. This course uses a wide range of sources for course information and the main textbooks are given below.
Recommended textbooks (in order of relevance):
- Zelle, J. (2010) Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, Second edition. Franklin, Beedle & Associates.
- Stüwe, K. (2007) Geodynamics of the Lithosphere, Second edition. Springer.
- Braun, J., van der Beek, P. and Batt, G. (2006) Quantitative Thermochronology: Numerical Methods for the Interpretation of Thermochronological Data, First edition. Cambridge University Press.
- Taylor, J. R. (1997) An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements, Second edition. University Science Books.
Optional textbooks:
- Pelletier, J. (2008) Quantitative Modeling of Earth Surface Processes, First edition. Springer.
- Trauth, M. H. (2010) MATLAB® Recipes for Earth Sciences, Third edition. Springer.
- Beazley, D. M. (2012) Python Essential Reference, Fourth edition. Addison-Wesley.