Hobson Conceptual Exercises Chapter 10 - 14, 20, 21, 28, 32. This assignment is due by 5 PM Monday February 13 in the Drop Box for your tutor.
Pre-Class Quiz #3 was done last week, Monday January 30. This Friday, February 10, is the last day to see April Seeley in MP129 about any problems with your mark on this quiz. After that, your mark as recorded on STORM is final.
We will have a test during class time on Wednesday February 15. Sections of the textbook listed in the syllabus are examinable; text sections that are not listed in the syllabus are not examinable.
The test will be held in three different locations. Where you write the test is determined by your tutor and the day of your tutorial. In the table below, tutorial groups that begin with M meet on Monday, tutorial groups that begin with W meet on Wednesday.
Tutor | Groups | Test Location |
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Zeina Khan |
M1 W3 |
Sanford Fleming SF 3201 |
Michael Rogers |
M3 |
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Michael Rogers |
W1 |
Sanford Fleming SF 3202 |
Constantine Nenkov |
M2 W5 |
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Jeff Taylor, Debra Wunch |
M4 M5 W2 W4 |
McLennan MP102 |
Here is today's Pre-Class Quiz and the answers. |
We used a Flash animation that illustrates Galileo's original argument for the Principle of Relativity. |
We did a rather detailed description of the Michelson-Morley Experiment of 1887. The discussion builds on the ideas of interference from the double-slit experiment for light in §8.3. We will build further on this in §13.4.
We used an Acoustic Michelson Interferometer in class. The apparatus is out of the 1st Year Laboratory. You can see the Guide Sheet for the experiment via the button to the right. |
We made an analogy between the acoustic interferometer when there is a wind blowing and two swimmers. The Flash animation is available via this link. |
Here are two figures we used in class.
Googling "Michelson-Morley Experiment" will return many hits. One of my favorites is from Wikipedia. |
Wan-Ching Hui has done a nice Flash animation of the Michelson-Morley experiment and the "ether wind." You may access a copy of it by clicking on the blue button; it will appear in a separate window. |
Site of the original version: http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/home.htm.
Here is today's Journal |