Modern Physics

Oberlin College Physics 212

Fall 2013

This World Wide Web page written by Dan Styer, Oberlin College Department of Physics and Astronomy;
http://www.oberlin.edu/physics/dstyer/Modern/;
last updated 6 May 2013.

Technical note: To access the links marked (PDF) you must first download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or Open Standard software.

Teachers:

Course syllabus

Problem assignments

Hints for doing well in the course

We recommend that you first do the readings, then attend the lectures, and then work on the problem assignments. More tips can be found in Study Tips for Introductory Physics Students. We cannot emphasize too strongly that we expect you to do the reading.

Information about physics problems is available through:

Links and Handouts

Notes on Relativistic Dynamics (PDF)

Does mass really depend on velocity, dad? by Carl G. Adler

Intensity in interference and diffraction (PDF)

Einstein and the existence of atoms by Jeremy Bernstein

The Physics of Quantum Mechanics (PDF)

Summary of quantum mechanics ideas (PDF)

The classical limit of quantum mechanics (PDF)