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- For the final, at most 1/4 of the questions can be answered with E ("not sure")
- Review session Wed 5:30pm, 2623 Mayer Hall Addition.
- TA's office hour finals week: Mon 11am-noon
- Instructor's office hours finals week: Mon 1:30-3:30pm
- Formulas for final are posted, see "Quiz solutions" link.
- Clicker questions of 3/17/17
- Quiz 5 grades histogram is posted
- Solutions to quiz 5 are posted.
- Quiz 5 will be Tuesday, March 14, 7 pm. Covers Chpts 6, 7 and 8.
- Formulas for quiz 5 are posted, see "Quiz solutions" link. (corrected, there was a mistake in the version posted earlier).
- Homework set 10 problems and solutions are posted.
- Clicker questions of 3/7/17
- Solutions to quiz 4 are posted.
- Formulas for quiz 4 are posted, see "Quiz solutions" link.
- Homework set 9 problems and solutions are posted.
- Quiz 4 will be Tuesday, February 28, 7 pm. Covers Chpt. 5 and Chpt. 6 except for Sect. 6.6, "The quantum oscillator".
- Homework set 8 problems and solutions are posted.
- Clicker scores will count for up to 5% extra credit for the course grade.
- Clicker questions of 2/22/17
- Homework set 7 problems and solutions are posted.
- Homework set 6 problems and solutions are posted.
- Quiz 3 grades histogram is posted
- Solutions to quiz 3 are posted.
- Clicker questions of 2/13/17
- Formulas for quiz 3 are posted, see "Quiz solutions" link.
- Quiz 3 will be Tuesday, February 14, 7 pm. Covers till end of Chpt. 4
- Clicker questions of 2/6/17
- Homework set 5 problems and solutions are posted.
- Quiz 2 grades histogram is posted
- Solutions to quiz 2 are posted.
- Clicker questions of 1/30/17
- Homework set 4 problems and solutions are posted.
- Quiz 2 will be Tuesday, January 31, 7 pm. Covers Chpt. 2 and Chpt. 3 Sects. on blackbody radiation and photolelectric effect, not Compton.
- Formulas for quiz 2 are posted, see "Quiz solutions" link.
- Appendices to Ch3: calculation of number of modes in cavity and Planck's derivation of average E.
- Clicker questions of 1/24/17
- Bring your clickers to lecture!
- Clicker questions of 1/23/17
- Homework set 3 problems and solutions are posted.
- Quiz 1 grades histogram is posted
- Solutions to quiz 1 are posted.
- First Quiz will be Wednesday, January 18, 10 am, not Tuesday Jan. 17. Mandatory.
- Formulas for quiz 1 are posted, see "Quiz solutions" link.
- Note: there is an error in the solution of problem 35 of first homework. Ignore the next to last line. The final answer is correct.
- Correction on clicker question # 2 on Tue 1/17: the answer given for the Doppler shift was incorrect, correct answers were (a) and (c) (see attached). 46% got it right, 54% (including prof) got it wrong.
- On Tuesday January 17 there will be lecture.`
- Because Monday January 16 is a holiday, instructor office hour is moved to Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1:30-2:30pm.
- Homework set 2 problems and solutions are posted.
- For Friday's lecture, please review Sect. 1.5 (Consequences of special relativity). In the lecture we will cover Sect. 1.6 (Lorentz transformation).
- Please read the "reading ahead" material for Week 1 before Tuesday's lecture.
- First lecture is Monday, January 9th.
- First discussion section is Wed Jan 11th. Don't forget to attend.
- First problem section is Thursday Jan 12th. Don't forget to attend.
- Homework set 1 and solutions are posted (see link below "Homework assignments and solutions").
- Course organization, requirements and syllabus (first day handout)
- Please read the "Students' Responsibilities" section on page 1 of the UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship, here is a pdf. If in doubt, ask.
- Please include 2d or 2D in the subject line when you send email about the course, so it goes to the right mailbox
- Reading material: How I created the theory of relativity (pdf) ; Einstein's first and second 1905 papers on relativity.
- Course organization, requirements and syllabus (first day handout)
- Homework assignments and solutions
- Topics in classical physics to read ahead of the lectures
- Quiz solutions
- Quiz grades
- Course and Quiz Schedule
- Schedule of lecture topics (tentative)
- Books on reserve
- Web links
- UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship (pdf) (for more information go to this web site)
Lectures: MWF 10-10:50a, YORK 2622, T 7-7:50p, YORK 2622
Quizzes: some Tuesdays, 7-7:50p, YORK 2622 (see Course and Quiz Schedule above)
Discussion: Wed 12-12:50p, YORK 2622
Problems: Th 6:30pm-8:20pm, CSB 002
Course Text: Serway, Moses, Moyer, Modern Physics, Third Edition (2005).
Serway book website
Course Description: See General Catalog
Final exam: Friday March 24, 8:00-10:59am, YORK 2622
Instructor: Jorge E. Hirsch, 5310 Mayer Hall, Ext. 4-3931, e-mail: jhirsch@ucsd.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:30 - 2:30 pm, or Friday 1:30 - 2:30 pm by appt.
5310 Mayer Hall is near southwest corner of building, outside balcony
Teaching Assistant: Saurabh Mogre, e-mail: smogre@ucsd.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11am-12 noon, Friday 5-6pm, MHA 2702 (Physics Tutorial Center)