Physics 2130: additional Resources
Help Room:
Help Room Staffed Problem Solving Sessions (for Homework and more) -- In G2b90: NOW EXTENDED:
--- Fridays: 2-5: Elijah,
--- Mondays: 2-6: Elijah, Luke, Skip, Katie
--- Tues 9-noon: Jessica, Luke, Noah (bonus: Luke until 1p!)
Supplmental Readings:
(more to be posted as of interest through the term)
Check out more on early atomic models, C. Baily (who helped design this course): Early Atomic Models – From Mechanical to Quantum (1904-1913)
R. P. Feynman, QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
R. P. Feynman, The Character of Physical Law
R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton & M. L. Sands, Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume III (quantum mechanics)
Check out: Lecture 6: Probability and Uncertainty - The Quantum Mechanical View of Nature. http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/#data=3|||
General Links
- PhET: Physics Educaiton Technology Project --- many of the simulations used in class
- St Andrews Quantum Mechanics Visualization Project - we'll be using these too!
- Download units conversion program
- Electric Field Applet
- Mathcad Voltage mapper
- Wolfgang Christian Physlets
- More Physics Applets
- Giancoli's Physics web site (interactive applets, quizzes, MCAT example problems, etc.)
- CU directories
- Gamow Tower Weather Station
- Physics Question of the Month
- Fourier Synthesis Applet
- Download the Orbit Simulator Gravity4
- Download wave *.avi files
- ITS download page (download cc32e45.exe, Netscape 4.5, to get Java 1.1)
- My Java class homepage
- Newton's Orbit Thought Experiment
- Physics 2000 Homepage
- Official Atomic Clock Time (am I late for class?)
- Satellites visible from Boulder this week
- Prof. Steven Pollock's personal physics bookmarks
- Images of famous scientists
Optics Applets