Physics 321 "Modern Physics I"


Syllabus

Notes on homework:

1) be neat - staple the pages, spiral notebook paper should be trimmed of all hanging pieces

2) show ALL work (includes intermediate steps in deriving equations, substitutions etc)

3)  Most of the time, a proper solution should start with useful relationships or equations, followed by the manipulation
    of those equations in variable form all the way to the final solution and only THEN should they plug in constants and
    known values.  Plugging in numbers at the beginning makes it very difficult to understand the solution and find errors.

4) provide units (and how they were derrived) with ever answer and it's also wise to box-off or underline any final
    numerical solution.

Lecture notes from Prof. Shinar

Special thanks to Prof. James Cochran for preparing a wonderful set of power point slides

Chapter 1:     ch1 slides (pdf)     homework: Q5, 8; P5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 20, 24                    due 8/29/06         solutions:  Q1      HW1  

Chapter 2:     ch2 slides (pdf)     homework: Q6, 21; P4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 18, 29                  due  9/5/06          solutions:             HW2

Chapter 3:     ch3 slides (pdf)     homework: Q4, 18; P3, 5, 8, 16, 19, 29, 32, 34          due  9/12/06        solutions:  Q2,3   HW3

Chapter 4:     ch4 slides (pdf)     homework: Q11, 21; P6, 10, 14, 24, 30, 35, 37, 38    due  9/21/06        solutions:             HW4

Chapter 5:    ch5 slides (pdf)     homework: Q20, 28; P3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,       due 10/5/06         solutions:   Q5     HW5
                                                                              P15, 27, 28, 29, 32

Chapter 6:     ch6 slides (pdf)     homework: Q24, 26; P11, 12, 20, 21, 24, 25, 30, 31 due  10/17/06      solutions:   Q6     HW6

Chapter 7:     ch7 slides (pdf)     homework: Q9,11; P3, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23  due  10/31/06      solutions:  Q7      HW7

Chapter 8:     ch8 slides (pdf)     homework: Q10,19; P2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 16, 17, 18           due  11/9/06      solutions:   Q8      HW8

Chapter 9:     ch9 slides (pdf)     homework: Q7,15; P3, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28      due  11/28/06     solutions:   Q9      HW9

Chapter 10:     ch10 slides (pdf)     homework: Q9, 13; P 1, 3, 5, 7, 9                          due  12/5/06       solutions:              HW10

Chapter 11:     ch11 slides (pdf)     homework: none assigned