Physics 609 - Galileo and Einstein - Spring 2003

Date

Tape


Lecture


Subject

Author


Chapter


Tuesday, March 18

1


1


Introduction and Overview

Crowe


1


Thursday, March 20

1


2


The Milesians and Pythagoras

Crowe


1


Tuesday, March 25

1


3


Motions of the Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets

Crowe


2


Thursday, March 27

1


4


Measuring the Solar System

Crowe


3


Tuesday, April 1

1


5


Plato's Timaeus

Crowe


3


Tuesday, April 1





PROBLEM SET 1 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, April 3

1


6


Aristotle

Crowe


4-5


Tuesday, April 8

2


7


Ptolemy

Crowe


6


Thursday, April 10

2


8


Copernicus

Crowe


7-8


Tuesday, April 15

2


9


Kepler, Tycho

Crowe


9


Tuesday, April 15





PROBLEM SET 2 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, April 17

2


10


Galileo and the Telescope

Crowe


9


Tuesday, April 22

2


11


Galileo and Accelerated Motion

Crowe


9


Thursday, April 24

2


12


Review Old Midterm / Describing Motion

Crowe


9


Tuesday, April 29





PROBLEM SET 3 DUE 11:59 PM





Tuesday - Thursday May 6-8




MIDTERM EXAM










Sorry No Spring Break





Tuesday, May 13

3


13


Describing Motion / Galilean Relativity





Thursday, May 15

3


14


Galileo and Scaling





Tuesday, May 20

3


15


Newton's Laws of Motion





Thursday, May 22

3


16


Circular Motion





Tuesday, May 27

3


17


Gravitation





Tuesday, May 27





PROBLEM SET 4 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, May 29

3


18


Energy





Tuesday, June 4

4


19


Light I

Baierlein

1 - 4


Thursday, June 5

4


20


Light II

Baierlein

5 - 6


Tuesday, June 10

4


21


Electromagnetism

Baierlein

7 - 8


Tuesday, June 10





PROBLEM SET 5 DUE 11:59 PM





Thursday, June 12

4


22


Electromagnetism II

Baierlein

9


Tuesday, June 17

4


23


Relativity I

Baierlein

10


Thursday, June 19

4


24


Relativity II

Baierlein

12


Tuesday, June 24

5


25


Relativity III

Baierlein

13


Thursday, June 26

5


26


Relativity IV

Baierlein

13


Friday, June 27




PROBLEM SET 6 11:59 PM AND FINAL EXAM DUE



Updated April 25, 2003