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PHYS1B24 (PHAS1224). Waves, Optics & Acoustics. Stan Zochowski. E8 – Physics Building 020 7679 7038 ( ext 3 7038) stan.z@ucl.ac.uk. Monday and Wednesday 13:00 to 14:00 especially for non-tutorial students, (e.g., Natural Science or Earth Science). TIMETABLE.
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PHYS1B24(PHAS1224) Waves, Optics & Acoustics
Stan Zochowski • E8 – Physics Building • 020 7679 7038 ( ext 37038) • stan.z@ucl.ac.uk Monday and Wednesday 13:00 to 14:00 especially for non-tutorial students, (e.g., Natural Science or Earth Science)
TIMETABLE All in Massey Theatre
Thursday, 12:00 – 13:00, Massey “Alternate” between 1B47 and 1B24 All January slots for 1B47 12 Jan 19 Jan 26 Jan Term ends on Friday, 24 March
COURSEWORK • 4 problem sets to be handed in • will count the best ¾ towards 15% of final coursemark • failure to hand in more than 35% of the work means the student will fail the entire course • Pass: 40% • no problem-solving classes for 1B24: - will post problems on web site
TEXTBOOKS • Serway and Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Saunders • Fishbane, Gasiorwicz and Thornton • Halliday, Resnick and Walker • any other first-year textbook that “talks to you”
MORE TEXTBOOKS • R.W. Ditchburn Light, Wiley (1963) • O.S. Heavens and R.W. Ditchburn Insight into Optics, Wiley (1991) • F.G. Smith and J.H. Thomson, Optics (2nd edition), Wiley (1987) • E. Hecht Optics (2nd edition), Addison-Wesley (1974) • S.G. Lipson and H. Lipson Optical Physics, Cambridge (1969) • R.S. Longhurst Geometrical and Physical Optics, Wiley (1967) • H.J. Pain The Physics of Vibrations and Waves (4th edition), Wiley (1993)
WEB RESOURCES • My pages: www.cmmp.ucl.ac.uk/~swz/courses/1B24/1B24_06.html Tentative syllabus Powerpoint presentations (ppt, pdf, htm) Old exam papers Problem sets …… solutions Notes & Summary Query Form And More!!!!!! • Past exam papers: exam-papers.ucl.ac.uk/MAPS/Physics/
Lecture Notes Available from link on course web site Need: username: password: ~ 170 pages: print more than 1 page/page Corrections/updates: check date listed No guarantees
Course Query Form • Available from web site • Password protected • Questions on material • Comments on course – constructive please! • Either private reply or taken up in a lecture