Welcome to Physics 140A, Statistical and Thermal Physics, Fall 2010

Announcements

• You can pick up your final at the Physics Student Affairs office. Have a good break!
• Histogram for final
• Final solutions are posted.
• Review session Monday final's week 4pm - 5:30pm Mayer Hall 5301.
• Histogram for midterm 3
• Tenth hw set and solutions are posted.
• Midterm 3 solutions are posted.
• Here is a 'practice midterm'
• Discussion/problem session this week: Wed. Nov. 24th, 12pm-1:30pm, Mayer Hall Addition Room 5623 (5th floor)
• Midterm 3 is Monday, Nov. 29th. Bring a blue book and a calculator.
• Ninth hw set and solutions are posted.
• Histogram for midterm 2
• Eighth hw set and solutions are posted.
• Seventh hw set and solutions are posted.
• Midterm 2 solutions are posted.
• Midterm 2 is Monday, Nov. 8th. Bring a blue book and a calculator.
• Note: the posted solution to problem 4.1 refers to the solution of problem 1.34, which was not posted earlier. Here it is.
• Formulas for midterm 2
• Sixth hw set and solutions are posted.
• Fifth hw set and solutions are posted.
• Histogram for midterm 1
• Fourth hw set and solutions are posted.
• Midterm 1 solutions are posted.
• Formulas for midterm 1 Midterm 1 is this Friday, Oct. 15th. Bring a blue book and a calculator.
• Third hw set and solutions are posted.
• Second hw set and solutions are posted.
• Solutions to first hw set are posted.
• Instructor office hour this week only is Th 1-2 instead of Th 11-12.
• Discussion/problem section is Th 5:30-7pm, WLH 2207.
• First lecture is this Friday, Sept. 24th, 9am, Center Hall 222.
• Please include 140A in the subject line when you send email about the course.

Course Materials:

• Course schedule
• Books on reserve at the library
• Homework assignments and solutions
• Midterm and final solutions
• Midterm and final grades
• Web links

Course Information:

Lectures: MWF, 9-9:50am, Center Hall 222
Discussion/Problems: Th 5:30-7pm, WLH 2207
Course Text: Daniel V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics, Addison-Wesley, 2000.
Text website: http://physics.weber.edu/thermal/
Course Description: See General Catalog

Instructor and TA Information -

Instructor: Jorge Hirsch, 5310 Mayer Hall, Ext. 4-3931, e-mail: jhirsch@ucsd.edu
                     Office Hour: Th 11-12

Teaching Assistant: Evan Grohs, egrohs@physics.ucsd.edu
                                     Office Hour: Tue 5-6, 2702 Mayer Hall Addition (Physics Tutorial Center)

Course Format

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Problems from the book will be assigned weekly, solutions will be posted on the web page and discussed in the discussion/problem section. Homeworks will not be graded.
MIDTERMS: There will be three in-class `midterms' (closed-book) on dates (tentatively) Friday Oct. 15th, Monday Nov. 8th, Monday Nov. 29th.
FINAL: Wed 8am-10:59 am, Center Hall 222.
COURSE GRADE will be computed from the average of the 3 midterms (50%) and the (closed book) final exam (50%).

General Information

• For extra help, try the Physics Department Evening Tutorial Center
• Students with Disabilities
• UCSD Physics Courses Homepage
• Physics Department Web page
• TritonLink - UCSD student website.

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