Instructor: Mark Taylor
Office: Gerstacker 118
Phone: 569-5241
email: taylormp@hiram.edu
Office Hours:
MWF 4:15-6:00; Tues. 2:00-6:00; Thurs. 6:30-9:30; Sunday 3:00-6:00
Also, feel free to stop by at other times, call me, or send me email.
Physics Study Session:
Thurs. 6:30-9:30 in Gerstacker 123
Meeting Times:
MWF 8:30-9:50; Colton 15
Textbook:
Modern Physics, second edition, by Randy Harris
Course Overview:
This course will provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts of “modern” physics. In particular we will study the theories of special relativity, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics. These new theories, developed primarily in the 20th century, are conceptually more difficult to grasp than those of classical physics since they are not in accord with our everyday physical intuition. Thus we must develop a new intuition based on the equations of this new physics. In the laboratory part of this course you will have the opportunity to carry out some of the classic experiments that stymied the “old physics” and demanded the invention of a “new physics”.
Links to pdf Files
| Course Information | Course Syllabus | Lab Schedule | Gaussian Integrals | Even/Odd Integrals | Maple Notes |
Problem Sets
| Problem Set 01 | Problem Set 07 |
| Problem Set 02 | Problem Set 08 |
| Problem Set 03 | Problem Set 09 |
| Problem Set 04 | Problem Set 10 |
| Problem Set 05 | Problem Set 11 |
| Problem Set 06 | Problem Set 12 |
Experiments:
| Speed of Light | X-Ray Diffraction |
| PhotoElectric Effect | Electron Spin Resonance |
| Electron Diffraction | Band_Gap |
Downloadable Software:
| LinReg for Windows | LinReg for Mac (OSX) |