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Class Meetings and Notes

Class meets Mondays and Wednesdays 4-5:20 in GeoChem 150. All assignments due by classtime on day noted. Baylor's office hours are Mondays 1:30-2:30 and Thursdays 2:00-3:00 or by appointment (just check my availability and request a time). The calendar of lectures with slides and links is below. It is also available as a public subscription iCalendar called "GEOL2300: Mathematical and Computational Earth Sciences" at http://bit.ly/1M9otNu. Be sure to click on the HW & Reading where you can check under "Description" and mabye also "more details" for assignment and reading links.

Web Resources and Texts HW (all) Project resources: Graphical Inspiration Peer reviewing guidelines Reading assignment guidelines Math Resource Center Tutoring Science Center Advising Main Texts Most useful and available online through Josiah: Fowler, Mathematical Geosciences Bender & Orszag, Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers Secondary Textbooks Boas, Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences Arfken, Weber, and Harris, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Seventh Edition: A Comprehensive Guide Cushman-Roisin and Beckers, Introduction to geophysical fluid dynamics: Physical and Numerical Aspects Marshall and Plumb, Atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics: an introductory text Schubert, Turcotte, and Olson, Mantle convection in the earth and planets Strogatz, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos : With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering Vallis, Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics : Fundamentals and Large-Scale Circulation Robert H. Stewart's Introduction to Physical Oceanography Web-distributed basic but comprehensive textbook. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (AR5, WGI), 2013: Physical Science Summary, and Summary for Policymakers

Websites Wolfram Alpha Mathematics of Planet Earth Cleon Teunissen's Rotation Physics Additional Fun Reading Nonfiction Lamb, 1917: Lamb, On Waves in an Elastic Plate Love, 1897: Theoretical Mechanics: An Introductory Treatise on the Principles of Dynamics with Applications and Numerous Examples Taylor, 1920: Tidal Friction in the Irish Sea Hofstadter, Goedel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Paulos, Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences Bowditch, 1880: The American Practical Navigator Maury, 1860: The Physical Geography of the Sea and Its Meteorology Fiction Square, Flatland Dana, Two Years Before the Mast Defoe, Robinson Crusoe Homer, The Odyssey London, The Sea Wolf Stevenson, Treasure Island Brown Specific Guidelines Disability Support Services Academic & Student Conduct Codes, *Note* Prof. Fox-Kemper regards inappropriate cellphone and laptop use as disruptive behavior. Academic Code

The Idea Behind Stokes' Theorem, Mathinsight.org