PHYS 225 Fall 2024
PHYS 225 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Required Materials
Web Information
This course uses the Web extensively. Internet access and a web browser are required for:
- discussion problems
- the gradebook
- homework exercise download and submission in Gradescope
Computers with appropriate web browsers are available in Technology Services, Engineering Work Stations and housing division computer labs.
Required Materials
Textbook
- Special Relativity for the Enthusiastic Beginner, D. Morin. Available as a Kindle e-book on Amazon or in the Illini Union bookstore as a paperback.
For Lecture
- you should be able to use your phone/tablet to access course materials
- no iClickers required
For Discussion
- Your laptop or tablet
- A calculator with trigonometric functions.
- Paper and pens or pencils.
Optional
- Basic Training in Mathematics, R. Shankar, Plenum (available in the Illini Union bookstore)
- Mathematics for physics: a guided tour for graduate students, Michael Stone, Paul M. Goldbart. Available in Illinois University Library.
- The classical theory of fields, L. Landau, E. Lifshits, Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press; 1975. Available in Illinois University Library.
- English translation of Einstein's 1905 relativity paper