UCSD Physics 200A : Classical Mechanics

LECTURES M/W, 08:00 - 09:20 PT https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/91390615806
Meeting ID: 913 9061 5806
PROBLEM SESSIONS Th, 20:30 - 22:00 PT https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/92739318164
Meeting ID: 927 3931 8164
INSTRUCTOR Daniel Arovas
darovas@ucsd.edu
https://ucsd.zoom.us/s/8070354760
Meeting ID: 807 035 4760
Instructor Office Hours W, 11:00 - 12:00 PT https://ucsd.zoom.us/s/8070354760
Meeting ID: 807 035 4760
Teaching Assistant Weiting Kuo
w5kuo@ucsd.edu
https://ucsd.zoom.us/s/8205002023
Meeting ID: 820 500 2023
TA Office Hours Tu/Th, 13:00 - 14:00 PT https://ucsd.zoom.us/s/8205002023
Meeting ID: 820 500 2023
Grader Weihao Cao
wcao@ucsd.edu
 
MIDTERM EXAM W, 11/4 12:00 - F, 11/6 12:00

Gradescope

FINAL EXAM REVIEW M, 12/14, 20:00 - 21:30 PST https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/92739318164
Meeting ID: 927 3931 8164
FINAL EXAM DUE : Th, 12/17 @ 23:59 PT

TBA

COURSE TEXTS

Fetter and Walecka
Theoretical Mechanics of...

Landau and Lifshitz
Mechanics (3rd edition)
LECTURE VIDEOS AND IPAD IMAGES
LATEST UPLOADS : FINAL EXAM SOLNS , complete IPAD screens

 

COURSE STATISTICS

FINAL EXAM AVG = 79.2
MIDTERM EXAM AVG = 96.9
CUMULATIVE HW AVG = 87.7
TOTAL SCORE AVG = 86.5
GRADES: A+ (5), A (6), A- (7), B+ (5), B (5), B- (2), P (2), S(1)

 

LINKS AND OTHER RESOURCES
Physics Central Tour of the Solar System
Physics 2000 Astronomy Picture of the Day
Physical Constants History of Mathematics Archive
Science Toys American Physical Society
How Stuff Works American Institute of Physics
Mike Cross's "Chaos on the Web" Physicists on Stamps