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    "# Galaxies: Structure, Dynamics and Evolution\n",
    "\n",
    "### Contact hours\n",
    "21 lectures in total\n",
    "\n",
    "### Tutorials/Assignments\n",
    "One per couple of weeks\n",
    "\n",
    "### Textbooks of interest\n",
    "\n",
    "Galactic dynamics: Binney and Tremaine\n",
    "\n",
    "Galaxy formation and evolution: Mo, van den Bosch and White\n",
    "\n",
    "Lecture notes: Will try to maintain python notebooks, but these notes will heavily borrow from the texts above. Therefore, there will be quite some overlap between the notes and some of these texts. Authoratative versions will always be found in the above texts. I will also use codes which will use functions from the packages `galpy` and `astro-gala` for galactic potentials, orbit integrations. The notes will also make use of publicly available python packages like `numpy`, `scipy`, `matplotlib`.\n",
    "\n",
    "Some more useful resources from which the notes will borrow:\n",
    "\n",
    "- Galactic dynamics course by Frank van den Bosch (http://www.astro.yale.edu/vdbosch/galdyn.html)\n",
    "- Dynamics and astrophysics of galaxies (http://astro.utoronto.ca/~bovy/AST1420/notes/)\n",
    "\n",
    "### Final examination \n",
    "\n",
    "Software coding assignment (details to be shared)\n",
    "\n",
    "### Grading scheme\n",
    "\n",
    "Classroom engagement (30)\n",
    "\n",
    "Tutorials/Assignments (30)\n",
    "\n",
    "Coding assignment (40)\n",
    "\n",
    "### Tutors\n",
    "\n",
    "Amit Kumar\n",
    "\n",
    "Divya Rana\n",
    "\n",
    "Navin Chaurasiya\n",
    "\n",
    "### Aim of the lecture notes\n",
    "\n",
    "These lecture notes are an evolving document and will aid as reference material. I will try to keep it updated via github (open github accounts if you do not already have them) and add all of the members as collaborators. If you find interesting things you would like to add to these lecture notes, then please fork the project and send pull requests to me for extra brownie points."
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