Physics 241
Modern Physics
Fall, 2015
Bard College
- Instructor: Hal Haggard
- Office: 112 Rose
- Office Hours: Mon 5-6pm and Thurs 5-6pm
- Email: haggard "usual at" bard.edu
- Phone: +1-845-758-7302
- Class Meeting: 106 Hegeman
- Time: MWF 1:30-2:50pm
- Lab Meeting: 107 Hegeman
- Time: W 3-4pm
- Text: There is no required text for the lecture part of this course. The text for the lab portion is: Louis Lyons, A Practical Guide to Data Analysis for Physical Science Students Cambridge University Press (1991)
Organization and Logistics
A full syllabus can be downloaded here.
This includes a tentative list of topics and schedule.
The course web site
(this site) will be used to post homework assignments and any other useful materials.
Homework
assignments
- Homework 1, due Friday, September 11th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 2, due Friday, September 18th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 3, due Friday, September 25th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 4, due Friday, October 9th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 5, due Friday, October 23rd in class: .pdf.
- Homework 6, due Friday, October 30th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 7, due Friday, November 13th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 8, due Friday, November 20th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 9, due Friday, December 4th in class: .pdf.
- Homework 10, due Friday, December 11th in class: .pdf.
Lab Tasks
Mathematica lab notebooks
Lecture notes are
my handwritten notes that I prepare for
lecture. I don't guarantee that they will be identical to what is
presented in class, but they should be pretty close usually. The notes also include things that I wasn't able to cover in the lecture. When I wasn't able to cover everything that I hoped to, the next day's lecture notes have significant overlap with the previous day's.
- Discussion of Monday,
September 21, 2015 (no notes).
- Discussion of Wednseday, September 23, 2015 (no notes).
- Discussion of Friday, September 25, 2015 (no notes).
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- Friday, November 6, no notes (in-class exam).