Physics 106b 2009 Fundamental Physics II

    

Course Information

Instructor: Walter Smith (Extension 1332, KINSC Link 110)

Office hours: TBA

Meets: MWF 11:30-12:30, KINSC H108

Clinic: Mondays and Tuesdays, Physics Lounge (INSC H107)

Lab: The laboratory for this course is a separate course, with instructors Walter Smith (KINSC L110, X1332, wsmith@haverford.edu) and Scott Shelley (INSC L207, X1310, sshelley@haverford.edu). The lab meets EVERY OTHER WEEK, Tuesday or Wednesday, 1:15-400pm. Contact the instructors with lab related questions.

Important course information is contained in the Syllabus, please read carefully for details of course organization such as when problem sets are due, grading scheme,  exam scheduling and honor code matters. The syllabus will be fixed throughout the semester, so read it now. This course also has a Blackboard site, where problem sets, solutions and lecture notes will be posted. You should check the Blackboard site regularly for updates throughout the semester.

Pictures

Left: James Clerk Maxwell, whose equations describe all the electromagnetic phenomena we shall be studying this semester

Right: Geometric optics treats light in terms of rays which are reflected and refracted by optical components such as lenses and mirrors