Lectures and course responsibility:
Dr. Michael Briley
Office: HS 348, phone: 424-7104
E-mail: mike@maxwell.phys.uwosh.edu
Office hours: M/W/F 2:00-3:00, or by appointment (check my calendar)

Lab instructors:
Dr. Ramanathan Jambunathan, HS 349, phone 424-4430
Dr. Nadia Kaltcheva, HS 354, phone 7107
Dr. Dennis Rioux, HS 347, phone 424-4429

All Handouts from the course are available electronically:

The Syllabus (also in Adobe PDF format: here)
The Schedule of Tests and Lecture (also Online/Interactive and in PDF format)

Having Trouble with Math?

OK, it's not much, but I've written a Math Review which you can either browse or download as a PDF file.

Test #4: Wednesday, April 28 (note this date is different from the syllabus)
The exam will cover the following material:

• Chapter 13: All
• Chapter 14: All (except 14.4 - Pulsars)
• Chapter 15: All (except 15.7 - Gravitational Waves)
• Chapter 16: (up through what we have time for - we'll know more as the test gets closer)

There will be a review session Tuesday night (4/27) from 5-6PM. Come to HS 348 to find out where (somewhere up on the 3rd floor of Halsey - I just don't know yet).

There will be NO CLASS on Friday, April 30 (I will be in Tucson). You can still come to lecture, but nobody will be there...

(The material for test #1 is located here)
(The material for test #2 is located here)
(The material for test #3 is located here)

Lecture materials on-line (these will be made available as time permits).
Note: The slides have been converted into Powerpoint and PDF formats (the original Keynote source can be supplied if you're using a Mac and have the software). For Powerpoint, the movies/animations must be downloaded separately for Windows (as a self-extracting archive) and MacOS (as a .sit file). These animations will require Apple's free Quicktime package to play. Download them at your own risk - they can be large! The PDF versions do not include the animations.

• Lecture 23 (April 7)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 17Mb)
• Lecture 24 (April 9)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Just this one < 1Mb)
• Lecture 25 (April 12)
  • Lecture outline
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  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Just this one 14Mb)
• Lecture 26 (April 14)
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  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Just this one 3Mb)
• Lecture 27 (April 16)
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  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 7Mb)
• Lecture 28 (April 19)
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  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 7Mb)
• Lecture 29 (April 21)
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  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 19Mb)
• Lecture 30 (April 23)
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• Lecture 31 (April 26)
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• Lecture 32 (May 3)
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Important Concepts and Questions by students from the chapters:
These links contain brief outlines of some of the important ideas and concepts from each chapter. Also included are questions which people have asked about the material in the past. If you'd like to contribute a question, just sent it to mike@maxwell.phys.uwosh.edu.

Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16

Practice questions:
Here are a few practice questions for each chapter. They are actually questions from old tests. Note that they are not meant to be a study guide or in any way comprehensive!

Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16

From the Textbook Web Site:
As always, don't forget the web site for the text too. There you'll find vocabulary exercises, chapter objectives, other practice tests/quizzes, links to additional information, and much much more! Note that from this point on, the chapter numbers in the text's web site are 8 larger than ours, e.g. our Ch 8 = their Ch. 16. This is because we've skipped the 8 chapters on planets (which are covered in 82-103).

Check your grades:

The grades are here for the fourth (from Arizona no less!) test (and through the 8th quiz) - in less than 24 hours too! On Test #4, there were 2 problems the class had trouble with, and these have been turned into extra credit. We will try and talk about them after everyone has taken the exam (by Monday?). The class average was 73.

Note: if you look at your grade and find it to be lower than what you expected, come see me during my office hours or make an appointment.

If your grade is missing, please let me know!

Note: This database contains no identifying information other than your ID number. But let me know if you'd rather not participate (we can work something else out).