Physics 116A Summer 2009 Homepage

Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics

Matt DePies

Office: Physics/Astronomy Building,
Email: depies@phys.washington.edu
Phone: (206) 543-2989 note: email is better than phone.

Office Hours: B207 TBD
. . .also by appointment

Link to Webassign

Link to Class Discussion Board

Waves Handout (pdf)

I. Syllabus(HTML): Physics 116A

II. Class Schedule and Reading Assignments(pdf)
(excel)

III. Extra Problems

IV. H-ITT Clicker Registration.

VI. Exams:

	Old Exams	Notesheets	Solutions(PDF)
Exam 1		Notesheet1 pdf doc	Written Response MC: 1a 2d 3a 4b 5b 6a 7b 8d 9b 10b 11b
Exam 2		Notesheet 2 pdf doc	Written Respons Ex2 1e 2b 3c 4b 5c 6d 7a 8a 9c 10c 11a 12e
Exam 3		Notesheet 3 pdf doc	Written Response Exam3 MC:1e 2c 3c 4a 5c 6d 7d 8d 9e 10c 11d 12a
Final Exam		Notesheet Final pdf You may a 2 sided sheet, or the previous three notesheets and a one sided page.	Written Response Final Exam

VII. 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