Homework:

Homework will be due on the announced days (generally due the following week on Monday) in the Physics 249 mailbox by 5 pm. The mailbox is on the first floor of Sterling Hall. Late homework is not accepted. Each homework problem is worth 0-3 points and will be graded according to the following scale: 0 = hmmm??, 1 = tried but little progress, 2 = on the right path but significant errors, 3 = correct or only minor errors.

Prerequisites:

Problem Set	Due Date	Topic	Assignment
1	Sept 8	Review and Spin	Ch.3: 2, 19, 24; Ch.4 16,22 Ch.5: 33; Ch.6: 15,20 Ch.7: 28,32,34, 69
2	Sept 15	Optics and Light	Ch32: 6, 10, 13, 22, 28, 39, 46, 62; Ch33: 3, 12, 23, 25
3	Sept 22	Reflection and refraction, Optical Instruments	Ch33: 39, 61, 66, 87; Ch.34: 4, 27, 35, 50, 80, 111
4	Sept 29	Interference and Diffraction	Ch.35:1, 25, 32, 36, 39, 63, 81
5	Oct 6	Kinetic Theory	Ch.18: 19, 29, 39, 74
6	Oct 13	Thermodynamics	Ch.19: 5, 19, 33, 45, 53, 67, 108; Ch.20: 18, 26, 37, 50, 83
7	Oct 20	Thermal Processes	Ch.21: 6, 25, 29, 38, 58
8	Oct 27	Statistical Physics	Ch.8: 9, 13, 22, 25, 29, 34, 36, 44
9	Nov 3	Electrical Conduction	Ch.27: 7, 26, 32, 69
10	Nov 10	Molecular Physics	Ch.9: 5, 12, 33
11	Nov 17	Solid State	Ch.10: 1, 8, 13, 22, 25, 28, 33, 43, 49
12	Nov 24	Nuclear Physics	Ch.11: 13, 20, 26, 32, 33
13	Dec 5	Fusion and Fission	Ch.12: 28, 33
14	Dec 12	Particle Physics	Ch. 13: 1, 2, 7, 11, 16, 22, 25, 39

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