MYSTERY OF MATTER

Instructor:          John Marburger
                        Office: Room C-112
                        E-mail: jhmiii@jhmarburger.com
                        Office hours: TBA

Grader:               Vladimir Khachatryan
                        Office: Room C-123
                        E-mail: vkhachatryan@ic.sunysb.edu
                        Office hours: Mon 1:00PM - 2:00PM 

Web site:             http://mysbfiles.stonybrook.edu/~vkhachatryan/JMARBURGER_313_S10.html
 

Basic textbook:     John Marburger, E-text "Beneath reality" (distributed to registered students via e-mail);
                        Beneath Reality (Outline).

Also recommended:   G. Gamow: The Great Physicists from Galileo to Einstein
                        G. Gamow: Thirty Years that Shook Physics
                        S. Hawking: A brief history of time
                        L. Lederman, D. Schramm: From Quarks to the Cosmos 
                        R. Crease, C. Mann; The Second Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics
                        HyperPhysics web site. This resource is free. 
                        Wikipedia website. This is also free and an excellent place to look up interesting things. 

Lectures:             Approximately 14 lectures, 3 hours each 
                        Time: Tu 5:20PM - 8:20PM  Room P-113

 
Homeworks:            Weekly
                        Deadline: one week after assignment handout
                        Feedback: one week after deadline

Exam:                  Final: May 13, Thu, 2:15PM - 4:45PM,  Room P-113
                        

Grade components:   Homework and lecture attendance: 80%
                        Final exam: 20%

First reading assignment:     Chapt_0; Chapt_1A; Chapt_1B.

Second reading assignment:    Chapt_2A.  

Third reading assignment:     Chapt_2B.  

Fourth reading assignment:    Chapt_3A.  

Fifth reading assignment:     Chapt_3B.  

Sixth reading assignment:     Chapt_4A.  

Seventh reading assignment:   Chapt_4B.  

Eighth reading assignment:    Chapt_5.  

Eighth reading assignment:    Chapt_6.  

Homework questions 1:      Solution 1. 

Homework questions 2:      Solution 2. 

Homework questions 3:      Solution 3. 

Homework questions 4:      Solution 4. 

Homework questions 5:      Solution 5. 

Homework questions 6:      Solution 6. 

Homework questions 7:      Solution 7. 

Midterm solution:     

Homework questions 8:      Solution 8. 

Homework questions 9:      Solution 9. 

Homework questions 10:     Solution 10. 

Homework questions 11:     Solution 11. 

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please contact Disability Support Services, ECC (Educational Communications Center) Building, room128, (631) 632-6748. They will determine with 
you what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is confidential.

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Critical Incident Management: Stony Brook University expects students to respect the rights, privileges, and property of other people. 
Faculty are required to report to the Office of Judicial Affairs any disruptive behavior that interrupts their ability to teach, compromises 
the safety of the learning environment, or inhibits students' ability to learn.