PHYS215

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PHYS215

Special Relativity PHYS215 FA

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       20      0         20

A half-credit, half-semester introduction to special relativity theory, with emphasis on the spacetime viewpoint.

MAJOR READINGS

E.F. Taylor and J.A. Wheeler, SPACETIME PHYSICS, 2nd. ed.
A.P. French, SPECIAL RELATIVITY.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two exams and weekly problem sets.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course meets the second half of the semester. Classes begin on MONDAY, October 20 (The Monday BEFORE fall break). NOTE: Students must add this course by November 5. PHYS115 will end on Friday, October 17.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 0.50 Gen Ed Area & Dept: NSM PHYS

Prerequisites: PHYS113 or PHYS115

Section 01: Lindquist, R; Times: M.W.F.. 11:00AM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

About the Photo:

The Michelson-Morley inferometer.

Reference:

Hewitt, Paul G., CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS. New York: Harper Collins, 1993

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