Modern Physics

Oberlin College Physics 212

Fall 2008

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 20 August 2008.

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Teachers:

Course syllabus

Problem assignments

Laboratory web site

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

Forging mathematical tools for quantum mechanics (PDF)

Terms concerning quantum states (PDF)

How does position amplitude change with time? (PDF)

Summary of quantum mechanics ideas (PDF)