Teaching
Homepage of Martin Hendry
Below are links to the websites of my current, or recent, undergraduate courses
Level 1
Introduction to Cosmology (10 lectures for astronomy A1Y)
Exploring the Sky (9 lectures for EXCOS 1X)
Stellar Astrophysics I (8 lectures for A1Y)
Solar System Physics I (6 lectures for A1X)
Frontiers
of Physics: Extra-Solar Planets (2
lectures
for P1Y*)
Frontiers of Physics: the Dark
Side of the Universe (2 lectures for P1X*)
I am also currently class head for Astronomy
1
Level 2
Stars and their Spectra (10 lectures for astronomy A2Z)
Observational Astrophysics (10 lectures for astronomy A2Z)
Introduction to General Relativity (5 lectures for astronomy A2Z)
I was also recently class and lab head for Astronomy
A2Z.
Gravitation and Relativity I (10 lectures for astronomy A3/A4 and physics P4 - MSci only)
Gravitation and Relativity II (10 lectures for astronomy A3/A4 and physics P4 - MSci only)
Statistical Astronomy I (10 lectures for astronomy A3/A4H)
High Energy Astrophysics I (10 lectures for astronomy A3/A4H)
High Energy Astrophysics II (10 lectures for astronomy A3/A4H)
Galaxies II (10 lectures for astronomy A3/A4H)
Astronomical Data Analysis I (10 lectures for astronomy A3/A4H)
Stellar
Physics (Guest lectures for University of Aberdeen)
Extra-Mural (on behalf
of
the Department
of Adult and Continuing Education)
Astronomy in the Third Millennium (10 meetings, from 7th January 2002)
Dark Energy: What is this Quintessence of Dust? (Day school, 29th November 2003)
Life in the Cosmos (10 meetings, from 12th January 2004)
Fundamental Questions in Astronomy (10 meetings, from 11th January 2005)
Extreme Astrophysics (10 meetings, from 15th January 2007)
Captain
Cook and the Cosmic Yardstick (Part of the Day
school
on Eclipses and Transits, 3rd February 2007)
(.wav audio
file of the above lecture)
Einstein's
Universe (10 meetings, from 14th January 2008)
Hubble
Vision (10 meetings, from January 2009)
How Galileo Made the Earth Move (Part of the Day
school
on Galileo, 31st October 2009)
Some of the above webpages may require a password
for
access; if you have any problems, email
me
Advanced Data Analysis 2-day residential course for SUPA postgraduates
Gravitational Waves: Detection Principles Lectures for the VESF school on gravitational wave astronomy, Cascina, May 2008
Gravitational
Waves: Introduction to GR and detection principles
Lectures for the SUPA course on
Gravitational
Wave Detection, Jan 2009