| Instructor: |
Seth Major, smajor, 4919, G064 |
| Office Hours: |
After each class, Thursdays 2:30 - 4:30 PM |
Lectures: |
MWF 10:00-10:50 AM Science Center G047 |
| Texts: |
Purcell and Morin, Electricity and Magnetism 3rd Edition |
Morin, Special Relativity for the enthusiastic beginner Chapter 1 (pdf) |
Reading in SR Ellis and Williams, Spacetime diagram intro (5.9 MB) |
News:
- The example final and (corrected - thank you Leo!) solution hints are posted!
- Here are notes on the last question we had during the review. As you recall we didn't finish computing the magnetic field in class. This is done in these notes.
- There are corrected problem sets outside my office. PS 8 is now fully corrected.
- Relativity may be on the final.
- Office hours will be normal (Thursday 10-12, 1:30 - 4:30) during finals week. If you'd like to set up another time send an email with times so we can arrange a meeting. During the week is better for me.
Course Info:
Problem Sets (pdf):
Extras:
Final example questions. Solution hints for example final questions.
Questions from SR classes.
Phet Electric Hockey!
A translation of "Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", Einstein's original 1905 paper on special relativity. Here's a pdf (1.9 MB) of the original article in German pubished in Annalen der Physik.
Class notes (from 2023): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (Thanks to Sophira for these!)
Last modified 15 May 2025
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