Week of | Monday Discussions (Readings) | Tuesday Lectures | Thursday Lectures |
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1/16 | Classes begin on Thursday | No lecture | #1) Spacetime (Allen) |
1/23 | Disc1: relative vs. absolute (Cox and Foshaw, ch. 1-2) |
#2) Relativity I (Allen) | #3) Relativity II (Allen) |
1/30 | Disc2: relativity (Cox and Foshaw, ch. 3) (Lindley, Introduction) |
#4) mc^2, mass defect (Allen) | #5) Atoms and nuclei (Abrams) |
2/6 | Disc3: weird results (Lindley, ch. 1-3) |
#6) Light-matter interactions and global climate change (Abrams) | Snow day |
2/13 | Disc4: atomic theory 1 (Lindley, ch. 4-6) |
#7) Hydrogen atom 1 (Abrams) | #8) Hydrogen atom 2 (Abrams) |
2/20 | No classes on Monday; Tuesday is Monday's schedule |
Discussion on Tuesday Disc 5: Lindley, ch. 7-10 |
Exam #1 |
2/27 | Disc 6: Lindley, ch. 11-12 | #9) Chaos (Katz) | #10) Measurement (Katz) |
3/6 | Spring Break | Spring Break | Spring Break |
3/13 | Disc 7:
3 views on the electron (Lindley, ch. 12,13) |
Snow day | #11) Uncertainty (Katz) |
3/20 | Disc 8: Quantum objects and measurement (Lindley, ch. 14-16), Paper 1 due | #12) Quantum mechanics (Katz) | #13) Entropy (Stevens) |
3/27 | Disc 9: Finish Lindley, Von Baeyer ch.10 and 11 | #14) Entropy II (Stevens) | #15) Neuronal communication (Lipton) |
4/3 | Disc 10: Maxwell's Demon | #16) Neurons 2 (Lipton) | Exam #2 |
4/10 | Disc 11: | #17) General organization of central nervous system (Lipton) | #18) Vision 1 (Stevens) |
4/17 | No classes on Monday. Wednesday is Monday's schedule. | #19) Vision 2 (Stevens) | #20) Memory/Agnosia (Lipton) |
4/24 | #21-Recorded) (Snyder) #22) (Snyder) |
#23) (Snyder) | |
5/1 | Final lecture - Integrating Forum | Wednesday is last day of classes. |