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Click here to learn: Why should biochemists care about calculus and physics?

Courses for which I have prepared web materials:

1. Chem452 (Thermo for Biochemists), Win 2008 (Updated Jan 10, 2008)

  • E-Post Discussion Board
  • Postings of Homework, Class Notes and Other Information
  • Motivation: higher homework grades are correlated with higher exam scores. Here is the data (.pdf file)
  • Explanation of how I calculate your grade.
  • Class notes example.
  • Links to a few seminar listings.
  • This course requires calculus and some physics. As a prerequisite, you should be able to do this self tutorial (.pdf).

    2. Chem 461 (Physical Chemistry Lab)

  • Syllabus (Spring 2001)
  • Advice on Writing Lab Reports

    Helpful sites for students; Geek fun:

  • Nomination form for UW TA teaching awards (.pdf) Nominate good TAs!
  • Dictionary of units
  • The Amazing HyperPhysics Site ("Wall tension" at the index to the right is a good example.)
  • NIST site for physical constants
  • Mathworld mathematics resource
  • Pretty Orbitals
  • Make your own crossword puzzles
  • Jet-cooled beer
  • Ridiculously slow experiments
  • Speed of light with a marshmallow
  • Bad Physics in Movies
  • A short, yet compelling work...
  • ... and the scathing rebuttal
  • For more, click HERE and scroll down.

    "Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on the work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics. Perhaps it will be wise to approach the subject cautiously." David L. Goodstein, States of Matter (Prentice-Hall 1975).

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