PHYS 3306, Prof. Saptaparna Bhattacharya¶

Provides an introduction to a wide variety of topics in classical (pre-quantum) physics as a bridge to prepare students for subsequent upper-level courses in physics. The topics covered include thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, mechanical waves, optics, radiation, electromagnetic phenomena, atoms, and laboratory techniques. Prerequisites: C- or better in PHYS 1106; and in PHYS 1304 or PHYS 1308.

Exercises¶

Laboratory classes will be held and each group of students (consisting of two students) will carry out the experiment.

See labs for a list of labs.

See introduction to error analysis to see what is the crux of error analysis and how measurements should be reported.

See lab. report guide for the basic principles of a lab report. In this course, we will use jupyter-notebook for most labs.

Resources¶

• An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements by John R. Taylor

Class schedule¶

• Wednesdays, 1-2:50 pm US Central

Grading in this course is standards based and not rank/percentile based.