Free Astronomy Course

[ronaldo999]

Would this be suitable for all or would you need some science background, very good that its free though

[Ronnie67]

it would be good to have an education section, i am all for that

[SteveNickolls]

It's great they do free courses but the maths-

to get

is well beyond me unfortunately. Good luck to all who subscribe though.

Cheers,

Steve

[Karate_Snoopy]

Reg

Hey guys

I don't know if this has been posted before or not. www.coursera.org is offering Courses from leading university from all over the world.

They are offering a few Astornmy courses.

I have just signed up for Into to Astronomy from Duke University.

Wow thanks, just what I was looking for :-)

[sam mayo]

after looking closely its way over my head not going to pretend i can do it when looking at the maths makes my head hurt (alot) good luck and enjoy !!!

[Hanuman]

I don't think the maths should be that hard. I don't think it should put you off. It's been over 20 years since I did any hard maths and whilst that looks tricky at first glance it is just the high school algebra that I'm sure most of us were taught.

Probably only needs a bit of swotting up. Quite often once maths like that is explained it makes sense.

[ronaldo999]

did not see that equation, a bit above my head i think. Its been a few years since i have done anything that complex

[Ronnie67]

I am 43 so its been mega while since I did some maths, the last time was when I did a few adding a couple of days ago and that was using a calculator , however I still signed up, the maths is only part of the course so I am sure its not going to be that to complex, besides if I get a little stuck on the maths I am sure someone on here will give me a helping hand

[stuffedhaggis]

I am 43 so its been mega while since I did some maths, the last time was when I did a few adding a couple of days ago and that was using a calculator , however I still signed up, the maths is only part of the course so I am sure its not going to be that to complex, besides if I get a little stuck on the maths I am sure someone on here will give me a helping hand

I am the same as you . Jump in as see what we can do can't be that hard

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[sam mayo]

I really wish I cared about Science and Math more at school, would love to do the course but the 'Recommended Background' means this is a no goer for me. Parents do know best "you'll regret it later in life". I will teach myself Astro Physics though, even if I have to start from Primary School level again it will be done.

i couldn't agree more i wasn't stupid just didn't think i would need any of it (because i know best as a teenager),boy was i wrong and paying for it nw.

have been looking at gcse courses but not much luck need a beter look when i have more time.

[Ronnie67]

Hey sam you want to give it a go, its free and you get a certificate at the end, besides I am sure people will help, I guess there are a few like me and you on here with 0 knowledge of the degree of maths involved, but hey, you might find it not as hard as you think once you get into it, go on give it a go, it is freeeeeeeeeeee, so no worries about losing your money, if it was a paying course I would not give it a go

[Ronnie67]

Also just think of the extra knowledge you can pick up, so to all you doubtfulls out there, be courages as me and the other and sign up.

[ronaldo999]

I suppose i could muddle through the complex maths, would be interesting to see what the course entails, does it give any indication on the site, had a quick look but could not see any real course details. Would be good to get certificate though

[Ronnie67]

I have checked it also and could not find anything much, but its good to have free courses , as each time you do one, you gain that much more knowledge, and like you say, at the end we gat a certificate and who knows we migt get a further course which links to this, and free

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[Philip.]

see you all at Uni! I've signed up too

[TheThing]

There are probably enough of us signed up that we get an on-line study group going to help each other out?

TheThing

[Ronnie67]

her do we sign up for that Thing, are you going to open the stud group

[stuffedhaggis]

I think that is a great idea

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[Ronnie67]

wher do we sign up for that Thing, are you going to open the study group

[sam mayo]

screw it ill give it a go, when i was at school once things were explained a certain way it was great but my way of understanding was usally different to others but with the internet like it is that should help a lot.

thanks for the encouragement .. rol lon start date

[Ronnie67]

thats more like it

[TheThing]

Good choice. We'll all muddle thru.together.

I'll look into setting s group up for those interested. Need to get on the PC rather than the mobile though.

TheThing

[MoggotLover]

I signed up yesterday as well.

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[Earl]

Cool looks great, i have signed up.

[The Stoat]

Signed up too, but will need to brush-up on the maths first.