The Mind of Isaac Newton. A special Web-based project done in 2006 in collaboration with Kathy Garay (Archivist, Mills Library) and Miroslav Lovric (Dept of Mathematics), and implemented through McMaster's Learning Technologies Resource Center. Browse through this extensive website for explorations and historical assessments of Newton's work in mathematics, physics, philosophy, and religion. Lots of specially designed animations, and interactive illustrations drawn from the works of Newton in McMaster's Rare Book Collection.
Creative Responses to the End of the World Department colloquium for University of Victoria; a modification of a public talk for IYA2009 -- December 2009
The Astrophysics of Massive Star Clusters Seminar for McGill Graduate Student Workshop, August 2009
The Age(s) of Elliptical Galaxies Seminar at Mount Stromlo and at University of Waterloo, November 2008
The New Mass/Metallicity Relation for Globular Clusters Talk at Swinburne University, October 2008
Ages of the Halo Stars in E Galaxies Talk at "Chemical Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies and Stellar Clusters", ESO, July 2008
The Ages of Elliptical Galaxies Talk at Cerro Tololo and U.Concepcion, May 2008
Giant Elliptical Galaxies: Globular Clusters and UCDs Talk at IAU Symposium 246, 2007 September
The Nearest Giant Ellipticals: Rosetta Stones or Fool's Gold? Colloquium at Space Telescope Science Institute, 2007 May 16
Newton, Shakespeare, van Gogh, and Calvin & Hobbes: Creative Reactions to the End of the World November 2005 Annual Winter Lecture for the McMaster Arts and Science Program. If you would like a PDF file of this, send me an e-mail (it has some copyrighted material in it).
Giving Talks and Writing Papers: Seminar given July 8, 2004 to the astro group students and faculty, about issues and techniques for giving professional talks and writing papers.
"Sherlock Holmes, Alice in Wonderland, and Other Metaphors for Modern Science" This is a written version of a talk given in November 1999 for the McMaster Arts and Science Program (an audience of about 200 students and faculty). This was the Program's annual Winter Lecture for 1999.