General Information
Physics 103c: Order of Magnitude Physics is a fine class.
Everyone should take it.
PS. If you lost a calculator in the Interaction room, see Brad
(brad@tapir).
This material is copyright 1995 by Peter Goldreich, Sterl Phinney and
Sanjoy Mahajan.
Possible topics
See the syllabus handout.
Handouts and fun stuff
Class notes
Send any corrections to sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk, and I'll post
the corrected version.
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Week 1, Monday (April 3)
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Week 1, Wednesday (April 5)
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Week 2, Wednesday, Properties of Materials (handout/notes from 12 April)
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Week 3, Monday (April 17)
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Week 3, Wednesday (April 19)
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Week 4, Monday, Earthquakes (handout/notes from 24 April)
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Week 5, Wednesday, Water Waves (handout/notes from 3 May)
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Week 6, Monday, Turbulence (handout/notes from 8 May)
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Week 6, Wednesday (10 May)
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Week 7, Monday, Exercise (handout/notes from 15 May)
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Week 7, Wednesday (17 May)
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Week 8, Wednesday, Brain (handout/notes from 24 May)
Problem sets
Solution sets
Final exam
Final
Solution
Class times and room locations
Lectures are Monday and Wednesday, 2:30-4:00pm, in 269 Lauritsen.
Recitation section meets Tuesdays at 8 pm, in the
interaction room, 124 Bridge Annex. The class times are also
in the syllabus handout.
Teaching assistants
The three TA's for the class are Sanjoy Mahajan
(sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk), Brad Hansen, and Mikael Sahrling.