PHY 165: Space, Time, relativity

Daily action items by date

All reading assignments are due by 11:59PM on the date they are assigned below.

------- Week 13 items below (12/1-12/9) -------

12/2 (Mon):

• Homework due Monday 12/9 in class:  All problems in the E=mc^2 homework sheet.

12/6 (Fri)

• Paradox presentations, part 2, in class today.

12/9 (Mon)

• Homework due today in class:  All problems in the E=mc^2 homework sheet.

• Our final exam is Thursday, Dec 12, 8:30-11:30AM in our usual room.

------- Week 12 items below (11/17-11/24) -------

11/18 (Mon):

• Homework due Today in class:  All problems in the Chapter 17 part 1 homework sheet.

11/20 (Wed):

• Exam #3 in class today emphasizing Lorentz trans., velocity addition, spacetime interval, and Minkowski diagrams.

• Homework due Monday 12/2 in class:  All problems in the Chapter 17 part 2 homework sheet.

11/22 (Fri):

• Group discussions of paradoxes for second round of presentations (on Fri. 12/6)

• Our last topic will be E=mc^2.  Rather than reading chapter 18, which is optional, we will rely on class discussion and notes.

------- Week 11 items below (11/10-11/17) -------

11/11 (Mon):

• Homework due Monday 11/18 class:  All problems in the Chapter 17 part 1 homework sheet.

11/13 (Wed):

• Homework due in class:  All problems in the Chapter 14-15 and interval homework sheet.

------- Week 10 items below (11/3-11/10) -------

11/3 (Sun):

• Read Chapters 14-15

11/6 (Wed):

• Homework due in class:  All problems in the Chapter 13 homework sheet.

• Homework due Wednesday 11/13:  All problems in the Chapter 14-15 and interval homework sheet.

11/7 (Thurs):

• Read Chapter 17. (Chapter 16 on the twin paradox is optional.)

------- Week 9 items below (10/27-11/3) -------

10/28 (Mon):

• Final paradox presentations today in class

10/29 (Tues):

• Read chapter 13

11/1 (Fri):

• Optional test corrections due at start of class

• Homework due Wed. 11/6:  All problems in the Chapter 13 homework sheet.

------- Week 8 items below (10/20-10/28) -------

10/23 (Wed):

• Exam 2 (through chapter 7) in class today

------- Week 7 items below (10/16-10/20) -------

10/17 (Thurs):

• Read Mermin Chapters 9 & 10

------- Week 6 items below (10/6-10/13) -------

10/8 (Tues):

• Read Mermin Chapter 8

10/11 (Fri):

• Draft presentations on paradoxes, for feedback from audience.

------- Week 5 items below (9/29-10/6) -------

9/29 (Sun):

• Read Mermin Chapter 7

10/2 (Wed):

• Homework due at start of class: All problems in the Chapter 6 homework sheet

• Due Wednesday 10/9: All problems in the Chapter 7 homework sheet

------- Week 4 items below (9/22-9/29) -------

9/22 (Sun):

• Read Mermin Chapter 6

9/23 (Mon):

• Homework due at start of class: All problems in the Chapter 5 homework sheet

9/25 (Wed):

• Exam 1 chapters 1-5 in class today

9/27 (Fri):

• Due Wednesday 10/2: All problems in the Chapter 6 homework sheet

------- Week 3 items below (9/16-9/22) -------

9/15 (Sun):

• Read Mermin Chapter 5

9/16 (Mon):

• Due Monday 9/23: All problems in the Chapter 5 homework sheet

9/22 (Sun):

• Read Mermin Chapter 6

------- Week 2 items below (9/9-9/15) -------

9/8 (Sun):

• Read Mermin Chapter 3

9/9 (Mon):

• Homework due at start of class: Problems 1.1-1.7 in the Chapter 1 homework sheet

• Due Friday 9/13: All problems in the Chapter 2-3 homework sheet

9/10 (Tues):

• Read Mermin Chapter 4

9/13 (Fri):

• Homework due at start of class:  All problems in the Chapter 2-3 homework sheet

------- Week 1 items below (9/2-9/8) -------

9/2 (Mon):

• Class meeting discussing the course

• Due Monday 9/9: Problems 1.1-1.7 in the Chapter 1 homework sheet

9/3 (Tues):

• Read Mermin Chapter 1 and post responses via link at the left

9/5 (Thurs):

• Read Mermin Chapter 2 (and post responses, which goes without saying in the future) 

9/6 (Fri):

• Due Friday 9/13: All problems in the Chapter 2-3 homework sheet

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Below are some supplemental videos recorded during the pandemic.  Note that classes were only six weeks long, and met four days a week for more than one hour, so they do not line up with our course meetings this term.  Also, some weeks there are less than five videos because of exams or supplemental activities.  Feel free to watch them if you like.

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