Course introduction

The course introduction is available now as a PDF ... here [pdf].

This file contains all the official sort of information for your reference.

A few figures I'll use to discuss relativity are there too.

Welcome to PH102, Fall 2007

It worked very well last semester, so once again I am blogging ph102. There are many good reasons for doing this, but most importantly, it lets me keep you up to date on a daily (or better) basis. Browsing the archives will give you an idea of how I run things.

Bookmark this blog, it will be your main source of information this semester. I suggest you check it in the morning before class, if you are not into the RSS madness.

A few things to note:

• atom/rss feeds available. you even can get updates on facebook
  
• search for "rss" under facebook apps
• you can post comments and give me feedback or ask questions.
  
• you can post anonymously
• I will respond promptly
• all posts are archived and search-able
• I try to tag all the posts to keep things organized
  
• this blog is public. no grades/personal info of any kind will be posted. your privacy will be preserved
• do not add any personal information in comments if you don't want it public
• there is no 'undo' on the internet
  
• inappropriate comments will be swiftly deleted
  

I keep very late hours. Don't assume it is too late to send a message, Futurama is on at 1:30.

Here are a series of informative posts from last semester which will be useful to get you started:

Logging on to WebAssign (homework system)

Useful online resources

Course Calendar (Google Calendar; no account required to view)

Finally: I am trying to write a ph102 book. The notes available at the supestore (not required) are the first draft of that book, save a couple of unfinished chapters. I will greatly appreciate any comments you might have on the notes, suggestions for improving clarity, and especially finding and squashing obvious bugs.