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The most basic features of quantum theory may ensure that time travellers could never alter the past. . .The constraint arises from a quantum object's ability to behave like a wave. Quantum objects split their existence into multiple component waves, each following a distinct path through space-time. Ultimately, an object is usually most likely to end up in places where its component waves recombine, or interfere, constructively, with the peaks and troughs of the waves lined up, say. The object is unlikely to be in places where the components interfere destructively, and cancel each other out. Waves that travel back in time interfere destructively, thus preventing anything from happening differently from that which has already taken place.
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Physics 180B

Instructor: Tony DiMauro
Office: P-236
Email:
tdimauro@gmail.com
Office Hrs: MF 10-12  MF 1-2   T-TH 3-4
Dates: January 22, 2009 to May 13, 2009
Required Text: Physics, Young and Geller,
8 th ed. with Mastering Physics

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updated:
October 24, 2009


Study Guide for Test 4

I want to make myself available on MTW for everyone. Please see me if you need to.
I will have office hours on

Monday from 8-10 am for personal appointments only. Just drop by.
Monday from 10-11:45 am for homework or problem solving.
Monday from 1:45-3 pm for problem solving or individual appointments.

Tuesday from 10-11 am for personal appointments. Just drop in.

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Physics Links


HyperPhysics
Univ. Toronto Flash
Physics Cartoons
The Laws of Physics for Cartoons

Physics Applets
Multimedia Physics Simulations
Newtonian Mountain
Fowler's Animations
Physics 2000
General Physics Applets
Spectra

What's New in Physics Education
U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations
The Physical Universe
Periodic Table
Physics Timeline

Timeline of Nobel Prize Winners
History of Physics
The Discovery of Global Warming
Good Animations

Fourier Transforms

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P180B Class Requirements

12 MP Homework Assignments

60 total points
30 MP HW points per chapter  = 5 grade points for each chapter

Mastering Physics Online Homework Set-up
When registering: Your Course ID is: P180BSPRING2009 
Please use your real name, you will also need to create a login name and a password.
Important: For your MP student ID use your SDSU RedID number

If you submit information that is wrong your scores will not count.


4 inClass Practices

30 pts.
each (120 pts) (35 minutes)
These Practices will help to keep you on target.


4 Tests

60 pts. each  (360 pts ) (75 minutes)
Test make-up consists of Questions and Problems
No dropped tests
but if the class remains small I will offer a second Test date.
Test dates are established below. Please make personal arrangements accordingly.


Total Points - 420

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Big Bang
Six Evil Geniues
I,
II
MCAT Prep
Peer Instruction
Error Determination

Mass Spectrometry
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Electric Forces and Fields

 
Chapter 17
Jan 22-27-29
Electric Charge and Field


Electric Fields

Chapter 18
Feb 3-5
Electric Potential



MonkeyLove
Chapter 19
Feb 10-12
Electric Current/Resistance

current
  Practice 1 - Tue. Feb. 3, 2009 Test 1 - Tue. Feb. 17, 2009
 
ElectroMagnetism
 
Chapter 20
Feb 19-24-26
Magnet Fields and Forces




Chapter 21
Mar 3-5-10
Electromagnetic Induction






  Practice 2 - Thu. Feb. 26, 2009       Test 2 - Thu. Mar 12, 2009  
 
Optics
 

Chapter 23
Mar 17-19
Sections 1,2,3,6,7,8
Electromagnetic Waves

Chapter 24-25
Mar 24-26 Apr 7
Geometric Optics / Optical Instruments





Chapter 26
Apr 9-14
Interference and Diffraction


  Practice 3 - Tue Mar. 24, 2009 Test 3 - Thu. Apr. 16, 2009
bring a ruler to the test
 
Modern Physics
 
Chapter 27
Apr 21-23-28
Einstein's Special Relativity


Chapter 28
Apr 30 - May 5
Quantum Physics
Photons Electrons and Atoms





Chapter 30
May 7-12
Nuclear / High Energy Physics


radioactivity
  Practice 4 - Tue. Apr. 28, 2009     Test 4 - Thu. May 11, 2009
 
 
 Why Physics is so much fun --- I, II, III, I, V, VI, VII, VIII
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