Einstein Physics 104 Fall, 2004 Instructor: Benjamin Schumacher Lectures: TTh 2:40 - 4:00 pm in Hayes 109

Physics 104 "Einstein" is a one-semester introduction to the life and science of the 20th Century's most amazing physicist, Albert Einstein. We will explore his contributions to relativity, statistical physics and quantum theory.

Course documents

Course documents are provided in PDF format. The Adobe Reader software can be downloaded here.

• Syllabus and course procedures, including reading list and term paper topics.
• Homework assignments: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
• Homework solutions: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
• Laboratories
• A gallery of useful equations for this course (occasionally updated).
• PowerPoint presentation for the lecture on the EPR argument and Bell's inequality. (PDF version.) Corrected and updated!

Final exam stuff

• Regular exam date. Tuesday, 21 December 2004, at 6:30 pm in Hayes 109.
• Alternative early exam date. Saturday, 18 December 2004, at 1:30 pm in Higley Auditorium.
• Alternative even earlier exam date. (Reservations required.) Friday, 17 December 2004, at 1:30 pm in Hayes 213.
• A one-page review sheet for the final (PDF format).

External links

• Einstein - Image and Impact, a superb historical site at the American Institute of Physics.
• "Einstein Revealed", the website of a two-hour NOVA program (PBS) on Einstein.
• "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", A PDF file Einstein's 1905 paper on special relativity that started it all. Wonderfully readable for a paper in theoretical physics, particularly Part I.

This page is maintained by Benjamin Schumacher and was last updated on 14 December 2004.