Information

Physics 208
Spring 1998

Professor: Keith Griffioen
Office: Small 215
Phone: 1-3537
Office Hours: by appointment
Lectures: MWF 10am; Small 102
Problem Session: F 2pm; Small 102
Text: J.B. Marion and S.T.Thornton, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, 4th ed. (Saunders College Publishing, Fort Worth, 1995); ISBN 0-03-097392-3
Grader: Donghua Zhou, 1-3554
Tests: Tentatively on M 23 February and M 30 March
Grading: 30% homework, 40% two midterms, 30% final
Homework: 3-4 problems per week due each Friday
Material: Chapters 2-8, with the mathematics of Chapter 1 included as needed
Reserve Shelf: In the Physics Library
Computing Resources: Small 101, Small 205
Symbolic Mathematics: Maple
Web Site: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~griff/phys208.html
Syllabus: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~griff/phys208/p208_syllabus.html
Chat Room: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~griff/phys208/p208_chat.html
History: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~griff/phys208/p208_history.html