Physics 117 Spring 2003

Physics 117

Spring 2003

"I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars."

Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944),
Stars and Atoms (1928), Lecture 1

Instructor: Dr. Stefano Liberati
Office: PHYS Room 4205D
Telephone: 301-405-6032
E-mail: liberati@physics.umd.edu

Office Hours:

Mon. 3:00-4:00pm

Wed. 2:00-3:00pm

TA: Brendan Foster
Office: PHYS Room 4219
Telephone: 301-405-6073
E-mail: bzf@physics.umd.edu

Lectures: Lab:

MWF.......12:00pm-12:50pm (PHYS 1410)
Th........ 9:00am-10:50am (PHYS 3310)
Th........ 4:00pm-5:50pm (PHYS 3310)

Physics involves the understanding of the fundamental laws of nature. Modern human civilization is largely based on physics. Physics is not only important, but is also very exciting. The fact that nature actually obeys laws that we can figure out is what you will learn in this course

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