PHY211 - Fall 2008

General Physics I

Mr. Samuel Sampere, B101 Physics Building, 443-5999, smsamper<at> syr.edu

Office Hours: W - F 3:00-4:00PM Room 329 or by appointment

Undergraduate secretary:

Arlene Johnston, 111 Physics Building, 443-1915, johnston<at>phy.syr.edu

Graduate teaching assistants:

Don Bunk, djbunk<at>phy.syr.edu
Eleni Kinfe Degaga, ekdegaga<at>syr.edu
Riccardo Penco, rpenco<at>syr.edu

Coaches:

Carl Goodrich, cpgoodri<at>syr.edu
Andrew Powers, arpowers<at>syr.edu
Avi Hameroff, ahhamero<at>syr.edu
Gabby Savaglio, gmsavagl<at>syr.edu
Scott Collison,

Lectures (Main campus): Tuesday and Thursday 11:00AM to 12:20PM, Stolkin Auditorium, Physics Building

Required textbooks: Physics for Scientists and Engineers 2^nd Edition, Randall D. Knight

Volumes 1 and 3, or the hardcover edition with Modern Physics

Student Workbooks for Physics for Scientists and Engineers 2^nd Edition, Randall D. Knight

Volumes 1 and 3 required

Review session for Final Exam on Sunday 12/7 at 7:00 pm. Room 107 in the Hall of Languages!

Solutions to extra problems assigned in class today ( Ch. 11 #50, 57, Ch. 10 #18, 49, 58, Ch. 9 #45, Ch. 8 #40, 50) can be found here.

Current homework assignments:

WHW15 Due 12/3

Ch. 12 E & P: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 22, 31, 39, 51, 52

FHW15 Due 12/5

Ch. 12 E & P: 11, 13, 29, 44, 45, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71

Review sheet for Exam 3!!

How about a career in (physics) education…?

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