PHYS 214 - Planets and Life
Lecturer: Dr Rob Thacker, Office 308A Stirling Hall, Office Hours 2pm to
3pm Fridays
My electronic-mail address is here: (click)
Telephone: 613-533-6000 ext 78287
Facsimile: 613-533-6463
Book: Astrobiology, by Gilmour & Sephton, an Open University publication printed
by Cambridge University Press
NEWS! April 19th Assignment 4 is marked (but I have only
received half the assignments back so far). Hopefully, I'll be able to place the
assignments in the boxes on the 3rd floor of Stirling in the 308 wing on
the 20th April.
Quiz 5 results are up.
The exam will not test on the guest lectures.
You can see the formula sheet for the exam here.
Minor exam typo - on the front cover it says there are 25 marks for the MC
(1 mark) while in the exam on page 3 it says there are 30 marks (wrong).
There are
25 questions and 1 mark for each question.
Don't forget a calculator and don't forget a pencil for the MC
Due to a lack of time I will not be able to prepare review
notes.
Course notes and news will appear here. Notes will be made available
following each lecture. Unfortunately since the course is a new preparation
I am unable to provide notes prior to the lecture
I will update this page with new information once I start preparing the
lectures.
The course will be framed within the context
of the search for extra-terrestrial life,
which ties in many concepts from astronomy, physics, chemistry and
biology.
Guest lectures will make the course as
up-to-the-minute as possible.
Location: Stirling Hall Theatre B, Monday 10:30, Wednesday 9:30, Friday
8:30
Index of lectures
Course outline/syllabus
Marking scheme
Assignments
Useful dates
(Unofficial) Quiz marks
