This page will list various items of interest, such as additional readings, summaries of material discussed in class, copies of vugraphs shown, etc.

Also you will find links to the homework assignments, which will be available on the date they are assigned. After grading, links to solutions will be posted.

Study guides and other hand-outs for various parts of the course will also be posted here.

All problem sets and other hand-outs will be posted in PDF format. For PDF, all you need is Adobe Acrobat Reader.

You will want to check this page frequently to see what's new.

Lecture notes:

A. Scientific Method from the Greeks to Newton

Lecture 1 (pdf); Lecture 2 (pdf); Lecture 3 (pdf); Lecture 4 (pdf); Lecture 5 (pdf)

B. Special Relativity

Lecture 6 (pdf); Lecture 7 (pdf); Lecture 8 (pdf); Lecture 9 (pdf); Lecture 10 (pdf); Lecture 11 (pdf); Lecture 12 (pdf)

C. Quantum Mechanics

Lecture 13 (pdf); Lecture 14 (pdf); Lecture 15 (pdf); Lecture 16 (pdf); Lecture 17 (pdf); Lecture 18 (pdf)

D. General Relativity

Lecture 19 (pdf); Lecture 20 (pdf); Lecture 21 (pdf); Lecture 22 (pdf); Lecture 23 (pdf); Lecture 24 (pdf)

Other items of interest:

The Greek alphabet and other symbols used in class (here)

An overview of Special Relativity on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's famous 1905 paper. Some parts are technical, but many parts cover material presented in class at a not too technical level (here). The most useful sections are 1 - 3 and 7.

The Official Physics 110 Study Guide updated 4/15 (here)

Midterm exam scores (here)

An interview with Cliff on Black Holes, soon to appear on You Tube (here)

Final exam and final grade histograms (here)

Homework Assignments: