This is the course page for City College Course PHYS 209.
The course syllabus is here: Syllabus
Modern Physics, Gary N. Felder & Kenny M. Felder, Cambridge, 2023
The exam and homework schedule is subject to change, but this represents the most likely dates for those items.
| Date | Subject | Reading Before | In Class | Python/Code | ||
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| Aug 31 | Ray Optics | Newton | Snell's Law / Lens Diagram | |||
| Sep 2 | Light | To do | Lens Diagram | |||
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| Sep 9 | Light as Waves | To do | Function Plots Sellmeier Plot |
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| Sep 14 | Double slit with white light: Notebook | |||||
| Sep 16 | Electromagnetic Theory of Light | To do | Soap | |||
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| Sep 23 | Maxwell Eq cont'd. | |||||
| Sep 28 | Polarized Light | To do | ||||
| Sep 30 | Quiz on Optics | |||||
| Oct 5 | Special Relativity | To do | ||||
| Oct 7 | Special Relativity | To do | ||||
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