Physics 609 - Galileo and Einstein - Fall 2004

Date

Tape


Lecture


Subject

Author


Chapter


Tuesday, September 14

1


1


Introduction and Overview

Crowe


1


Thursday, September 16

1


2


The Milesians and Pythagoras

Crowe


1


Tuesday, September 21

1


3


Motions of the Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets

Crowe


2


Thursday, September 23

1


4


Measuring the Solar System

Crowe


3


Tuesday, September 28

1


5


Plato's Timaeus

Crowe


3


Tuesday, September 28




PROBLEM SET 1 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, September 30

1


6


Aristotle

Crowe


4-5


Tuesday, October 5

2


7


Ptolemy

Crowe


6


Thursday, October 7

2


8


Copernicus

Crowe


7-8


Tuesday, October 12

2


9


Kepler, Tycho

Crowe


9


Tuesday, October 12




PROBLEM SET 2 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, October 14

2


10


Galileo and the Telescope

Crowe


9


Tuesday, October 19

2


11


Galileo and Accelerated Motion

Crowe


9


Thursday, October 21

2


12


Review Old Midterm / Describing Motion

Crowe


9


Tuesday, October 26





PROBLEM SET 3 DUE 11:59 PM





Tuesday - Thursday November 2-4





MIDTERM EXAM
















Tuesday, November 2

3


13


Describing Motion / Galilean Relativity





Thursday, November 4

3


14


Galileo and Scaling





Tuesday, November 9

3


15


Newton's Laws of Motion





Thursday, November 11

3


16


Circular Motion





Tuesday, November 16

3


17


Gravitation





Tuesday, November 16





PROBLEM SET 4 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, November 18

3


18


Energy





Tuesday, November 23

4


19


Light I

Baierlein

1 - 4


Thursday, November 25

4


20


Light II

Baierlein

5 - 6


Tuesday, November 30

4


21


Electromagnetism

Baierlein

7 - 8


Tuesday, November 30




PROBLEM SET 5 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, December 2

4


22


Electromagnetism II

Baierlein

9


Tuesday, December 7

4


23


Relativity I

Baierlein

10


Thursday, December 9

4


24


Relativity II

Baierlein

12


Tuesday, December 14

5


25


Relativity III

Baierlein

13


Thursday, December 16

5


26


Relativity IV

Baierlein

13


Friday, December 17





PROBLEM SET 6 11:59 PM AND FINAL EXAM DUE



Updated August 4, 2004