Physics 214 General Information
Spring 2011
Section Changes:
Section changes will be allowed only until the
midterm exam.
World Wide Web Information:
- This course uses the WWW for
many aspects, including homework, gradebook, and storage of all lecture
slides and most class handouts.
- You need to become familiar
with the Web, and to have access to a fairly recent web browser (for
example Netscape 3.0). This is available on computers at CCSO and
housing division computer sites.
- Greek letters and other
symbols:
- Many homework pages use symbol
font for mathematical equations. Without the symbol font, equations will
be difficult to read, e.g. you will see "p" instead of
"π". Symbol font is usually available on Macs and PCs
without any special effort. Unix systems must be correctly configured.
The Engineering College workstations were reconfigured in January, 1998.
Contact your site administrator, if you are having difficulty.
- Your browser must also be
configured properly. If your browser displays any Greek letters or other
symbols in these pages incorrectly, try adjusting your fonts preferences.
In recent versions of Netscape, click Edit; click Preferences; click
Appearance; click Fonts; click Use document-specified fonts. This should
cause the homeworks, etc. to display correctly.
- You can find the Physics 214
home page using the URL http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys214.
Required Materials:
- Physics 214 Laboratory
Experiments
- Physics 214 Lecture Notes,
Latest, Stipes
- I-clicker Remote
- Discussion Materials for
Physics 214
Strongly Recommended Book:
- Custom version of University
Physics with Modern Physics by Young & Freedman (12th Edition,
2008)
Required Supplies:
- Calculator (with trig,
exponential and log capabilities). Bring to all sessions.
- Ruler (transparent) with
millimeter markings.
- Loose leaf noteboook (to hold
general information, lab reports, exams, etc.)
Useful Reference Books (on reserve in the Library):
- Wolfson, Physics for
Scientists and Engineers, Volume 2
- Tipler, Physics, Volume 2
- Halliday, Fundamentals of
Physics, Part 2
- Serway, Physics for
Scientists and Engineers, Volume 2
- Moore, Six Ideas That Shaped
Physics - Unit Q: Particles Behave Like Waves
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