The aim of this course is to provide direct experience of collaboration with other European astronomy/space science students and to gain an insight into the...
Electromagnetic force and geometry of Minkowskian spacetime
By describing the dynamical evolution of a test charged particle in the presence of an electromagnetic field and a succession of infinitesimal Lorentz boosts...
Teaching students about informatics and astronomy using real data for detection of asteroids
In this paper we approach the astronomy teaching process for students in computer sciences through a controlled investigation method using real astronomical...
Ten years of astronomical field trips to Tenerife: challenges and rewards
We describe an unusual undergraduate course that has been running successfully for over ten years and is built around a two-week field trip to Tenerife. The...
The road to matrix mechanics: I. Classical interpretation of the anomalous optical dispersion
This paper is the first one of a series of two on the role of the optical dispersion in the historical development of early quantum mechanics. As preparation...