Bryn Mawr College
Physics 201: Electromagnetism
Spring 2008
General
Information
General information, syllabus, and course policies:
       Course website, Instructor, What this class is about, Class meetings, Syllabus,
       Lab, Homework, Text, Lecture notes and worked examples, Exams, Grading,
       Honor Code, Accomodations, What to Call Me
Instructor
David Nice   
Homepage www.brynmawr.edu/physics/dnice
Email dnice
Office Park Science Center 351
Phone x5361
Office Hours My office is Park 351. My office hours this week:

Wednesday Sep. 3 11:00–12:00 & 2:40–4:00
Thursday Sep. 4 2:10–4:00
Friday Sep. 5 11:00–12:00 & 2:10–4:00
Times and
Places
Classes Park 337   10:10–11:00   Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Lab Park 236 1:10–4:00 Thursday
Fourth Hour   to be scheduled


There will be no class Wednesday, November 26 (Thanksgiving) or Wednesday, December 10 (instructor out of town). A makeup time for the latter class will be scheduled near the end of the semester.
Homework Homework #1 (due Sept. 10)
Class Notes Click on the date to download the notes distributed in class on that day. Note that these notes are intentionally incomplete (e.g., they do not contain solutions to problems we work in class).

Mon. Wed. Fri.
Week 1: Sep. 3 Sep. 5
Week 2:
General Physics Links Astronomy Picture of the day
Hubble Space Telescope image gallery
National Radio Astronomy Observatory image gallery
Physics News Update
Phys Rev Focus (recent physics papers with explanations for non-specialists)
Fundamental Physical Constants
Ned Wright's cosmology tutorial (UCLA)
Cosmology overview from the WMAP site
An introduction to particle physics
Review of particle physics (highly technical)
The Time

Accelerate a particle! Game at CERN


Google maps satellite images of some big physics experiments