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PHYS 195: Waves and Fields

Interference by soap film

Spring 2021

Laissez les bonnes ondes rouler! (Let the good waves roll!)

- from the livingston, LA LIGO Observatory (at one time)

Instructor: Seth Major, smajor, 4919, G052
Office Hours: Fridays 2 - 3 PM, Mondays 2 - 3:30 PM, Tuesdays 10 AM - noon - zoom link
Lectures: MWF 9:40-10:30 AM Science Center G041
Texts:

Halliday, Resnick, Walker, Fundamentals of Physics Extended, 10th Edition (same as Phys 190)

John Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis

Kleppner & Kolenkow and Simmons reading (on blackboard)

Labs:

Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons 1:10 - ~4:10 PM with Brad Moser and Kristen Burson in G032

News:

  • Thank you for a great semester and have a great summer!
  • The final had an average of 77 and standard deviation of 17.

Course Info:

course syllabus (v2.0)

Extras:

  • Wolfram Alpha (Alpha is an online part of a powerful mathematical app called mathematica, which Hamilton now has a site license for! To install this app see the LITS mathematica page.)

 

Labs:

 

Last modified 17 May 2021

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