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NEWS
- General Physics I has conclued for the Fall 2011 semester. I've enjoyed having you for my students, and I hope you'll keep in touch.
The college offers two more courses in this sequence: General Physics II (PHY 2030) covers electricity & magnetism and thermodynamics,
and General Physics III (PHY 2040) covers waves, acoustics, optics, and modern physics. I hope you'll consider continuing with these
courses, and best wishes in your future studies.
To Learn More
- To learn more about classical mechanics, I suggest:
- An Introduction to Advanced Dynamics by S.W. McCuskey (Addison-Wesley, 1959). A very clear and readable intermediate text, at about the college junior level.
- Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein (3rd ed.) (Addison-Wesley, 2001). The standard graduate-level text on advanced mechanics.
- For some fun physics-related reading for the winter break, I suggest:
- Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku. A noted physicist discusses the possibility of time travel, force fields, invisibility cloaks, transporters, etc.
- The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean. A very entertaining collection of stories surrounding the periodic table of the elements.
- Mr. Tompkins in Paperback (and an updated version, The New World of Mr. Tompkins) by George Gamow. A famous
Russian physicist wrote these stories of a world in which the speed of light is just 30 mph so relativistic effects are visible, and more stories
of a world where Planck's constant is so large that quantum effects are visible.
Physics News
Other News
- Check out the Khan Academy tutorial videos on math and science.
(You may also access this site via the Links Page.)
Contact Information
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