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- Full quiz 5 solutions are posted.
- Final exam is Wednesday, December 13, 11:30am-2:29pm, in MYR-A-2722, please be on time. Bring two blue books and a calculator and a pen. Formulas that will be given with the final are posted, go to link "Quiz solutions" below and look at them.
- Quiz 5 self-grading is due Friday Dec. 8, 1pm. Partial solutions are posted in "Quiz solutions" link. Upload your file in Canvas before the deadline.
- 12/2, 5:50pm: updated Formulas for Quiz 5
- Homework set 10 is posted
- Quiz 5 is this Monday, December 4, in MYR-A-2722, 1pm, please be on time. Bring a blue book and a calculator and a pen, and something to scan in your quiz before handing it in no later than 1:55pm. Formulas that will be given with the quiz are posted, go to link "Quiz solutions" below and look at them.
- Homework set 9 is posted
- Quiz 4 self-grading is due Monday Nov. 27, 1pm. Partial solutions are posted in "Quiz solutions" link. Upload your file in Canvas before the deadline.
- Homework set 8 is posted
- Quiz 4 is this Monday, November 20, in MYR-A-2722, 1pm, please be on time. Bring a blue book and a calculator and a pen, and something to scan in your quiz before handing it in no later than 1:55pm. Formulas that will be given with the quiz are posted, go to link "Quiz solutions" below and look at them.
- Full quiz 3 solutions are posted.
- Homework set 7 is posted
- Quiz 3 self-grading is due Friday, November 10, 1pm. Partial solutions are posted in "Quiz solutions" link. Upload your file in Canvas before the deadline.
- Homework set 6 is posted
- Updated formulas for quiz posted. Quiz 3 is this Monday, November 6, in MYR-A-2722, 1pm, please be on time. Bring a blue book and a calculator and a pen, and something to scan in your quiz before handing it in no later than 1:55pm. Formulas that will be given with the quiz are posted, go to link "Quiz solutions" below and look at them.
- Note that 4 additional problems were added to Homework set 5 on 10/31/23.
- Homework set 5 is posted
- Quiz 2 self-grading is due Friday, October 27, 1pm. Upload your file in Canvas.
- Homework set 4 is posted
- Quiz 2 is this Monday, October 23, in MYR-A-2722, 1pm, please be on time. Bring a blue book and a calculator and a pen, and something to scan in your quiz before handing it in no later than 1:55pm. Formulas that will be given with the quiz are posted, go to link "Quiz solutions" below and look at them.
- Full quiz 1 solutions are posted.
- Homework set 3 is posted
- Quiz 1 self-grading is due Friday, October 13, 1pm. Upload your file in Canvas.
- Quiz 1 is this Monday, October 9, in MYR-A-2722, 1pm, please be on time. Bring a blue book and a calculator and a pen, and something to scan in your quiz before handing it in no later than 1:55pm. Formulas that will be given with the quiz are posted, go to link "Quiz solutions" below and look at them.
- Homework set 2 is posted
- Lecture notes will be here
- First lecture is Thursday, September 28.
- First discussion section is Wed October 4.
- First problem section is Th October 5.
- First quiz is Monday Oct. 9.
- Homework set 1 is posted (see link below "Homework assignments and solutions").
- 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.
- You can access this page from your browser at https://course.physics.ucsd.edu/2023/Fall/physics2d/
Lectures: Mon 1:00p-1:50p, Tu, Th 11:00a-12:20p, MAYER 4322
Quizzes: some Mondays 1p-1:50p, MYR-A-2722 (see Schedule of lectures and quizzes link above)
Discussion: Wed 10a-10:50a, Mande B-104
Problems: Th 5:30-7:20p, York 3000A
Course Text: Kenneth Krane, Modern Physics, Fourth Edition, Wiley, 2019. Get book at UCSD bookstore , or Wiley, or here , or elsewhere (amazon etc).
Course Description: See General Catalog
Final exam: Wednesday December 13, 11:30am-2:29pm, MYR-A-2722.
Instructor: Jorge E. Hirsch, 5310 Mayer Hall, Ext. 4-3931, e-mail: jhirsch@ucsd.edu
Office Hours: In person or for zoom click here : M 11:00 am - noon, F 2:00 - 3:00 pm, or by appt.
Teaching Assistant: Thomas H.T. Wong, e-mail: h7wong@ucsd.edu
Office Hours: Dynamic office hours, to sign up click here , venue&time are updated each week
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: Problems from the book will be assigned every week, solutions will be posted on the web page. To fully understand the material, you should work the problems on your own without help of the solution key. The homeworks will not be graded.
DISCUSSION AND PROBLEM SECTIONS: Attendance and participation is strongly encouraged.
QUIZZES: Quizzes will be given on alternate Mondays (five quizzes), see Schedule of lectures and quizzes. There will be lectures on the other Mondays.
QUIZ self grading: Students will have the opportunity to self-grade and correct their quizzes for extra credit, as explained in "self-grading quizzes" .
FINAL EXAM: There will be an in-class final exam on finals week.
COURSE GRADE: 50% final, 50% five quizzes, or 60% final, 40% four quizzes. Or other combinations if approved by instructor for valid reasons.
Grading scale: A: >85 %, B: >65%, C: >45%, D: >30%.