Instructor: Michael Fowler
Office: Physics 307
Email: mfowler@virginia.edu
Phone 924-6579
Office Hours: M 4:00 – 5:00, T 9:00 – 10:00 pm. and by appointment.
Problem Sessions: M 1:00 – 1:50, T 12:30 – 1:20, Room 218.
TA: Josh Pierce
Physics Room 256
Email: jjp4p@virginia.edu
Phone 924-6784
Office Hours: TBA.
Grader: Charles Miller
Email: cam9j@virginia.edu
Phone: 409-3005
Textbook: Halliday, Resnick and Walker: Fundamentals of Physics, Part 2.
Big General Force Law
Spreadsheet
Stokes’ Law,
Coffee Filters and the Reynolds’ Number
Wave
Interference: 2 Sine Waves
Adding and
Animating Two Sine Waves
More
on Heat: Carnot and Rumford
Joule's Work on the Conservation of Energy
Prerequisites: Physics 151, Math 131 or equivalents.
Corequisite: Math 132 or equivalent.
Final Exam: Tuesday, May 6, 2003 2:00-5:00 pm.
Homework #1: due Wednesday Jan 29, 9:00am. Halliday, etc., Chapter 14: Problems 19, 25, 43, 50, 62.
Homework #2: due Wednesday February 5.
Homework #3: due Wednesday
February 12.
Homework #4: due Wednesday
February 19.
Grading Guidelines for
Pledged Homework
Homework #6: due Wednesday, March 12: construct your own
spreadsheet using this guide
and do the questions at the end.
Homework #7: due Friday, March
21.
Homework #8: due Wednesday,
March 26.
Homework #9: due Wednesday April 2. Halliday, etc., Chapter 17: 2, 16, 23, 32,
40, 51, 52.
Homework #10: due Wednesday April 9. Halliday, etc., Chapter 18: 5, 9, 16, 32,
34, 46, 57.
Homework #11: due Wednesday
April 16. (This is NOT the pledged homework.)
Homeworks are due at the beginning of class.
Late homework will be penalized 10% per day or part of day.
Weekly unpledged homeworks Wednesday to Wednesday.
Pledged homeworks Wednesday February 19, Wednesday April 16.
Pledged homework must be handed in on time!
In-class Midterm Wednesday March 19.
Grading: Unpledged homeworks total 25%, pledged homeworks 10% each, problem session quizzes 5%, midterm 15%, final 35%
Cellphone policy: all cellphones must
be switched off during class.
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