Physics 116 Summer 2011 Homepage

Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics

Matt DePies

Office: B-257
Email: depies@phys.washington.edu
Phone: email is best
Office Hours: 12-1pm MTW
. . .also by appointment

Link to Webassign

Waves Handout (pdf)

Class Discussion Board

I. Syllabus(HTML)

II. Class Schedule and Reading Assignments(pdf)

III. Exams:

	Notesheets	Old Solutions(PDF)	Solutions
Exam 1	Notesheet1 pdf	Written Response	MC Key: CDCABDDBDACAC Exam 1 Written
Exam 2	Notesheet 2 pdf	Written Respons Ex2	MC Key: DBCBCCABCCBAB Exam 2 Written
Exam 3	Notesheet 3 pdf	Written Response Exam3
Final Exam	Notesheet Final pdf	Written Response Final Exam

III. General Relativity and Cosmology HW PDF
Answer Key PDF

IV. Readings in cosmology:

"Misconceptions about the Big Bang," Charles H. Lineweaver and Tamara M. Davis, Scientific American, 2005

Cosmology: Science of the Universe, Edward Harrison, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
The End of Cosmology?," Lawrence M. Krauss and Robert J. Scherrer, Scientific American, 2008

"Surveying Space-time with Supernovae," Craig J. Hogan, Robert P. Kirshner and Nicholas B. Suntzeff; Scientific American, January 1999,

"From Slowdown to Speedup," Adam G. Riess and Michael S. Turner; Scientific American, February 2004