Course details

Course meetings

Period II

• Class sessions
  • Mondays (28.10-9.12) 9-12, B222, Exactum
• Work sessions
  • Tuesdays (29.10-10.12) 14-18, B119, Exactum

Instructors

David Whipp, lead instructor

• Office: C417, Exactum
• Email: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi
• Phone: +358 (0)2 941 51617

Aleksi Rantanen, course assistant

• Office: C426, Exactum
• Email: firstname.m.lastname@helsinki.fi (note the m)

Lotta Ylä-Mella, course assistant

• Office: C409, Exactum
• Email: firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi (with a, not ä)

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.