]Waves, Light & Heat Laboratory
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Newton's first lectures as Lucasian Professor dealt with optics, including his remarkable discoveries made during the plague years. He had reached the revolutionary conclusion that white light is not a simple, homogeneous entity, as natural philosophers since Aristotle had believed. When he passed a thin beam of sunlight through a glass prism, he noted the oblong spectrum of colors--red, yellow, green, blue, violet--that formed on the wall opposite.
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For info, click here (pdf file): Course Introduction
See also Advanced Labs
Faculty member in charge: Michael Longo, e-mail: MLongo (at Umich.edu)
Instructor/Laboratory Supervisor: Mr. Ramon Torres-Isea, e-mail: rtorres
Texts
1. Waves, Light & Heat Laboratory Manual, Fall 2005 (free with course)2. Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick, & Walker is a useful reference.
Class meetings: Room: 4265 New Randall. First class, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 Sec. 001: Monday, 1-4 PM, first class Sept. 12
Sec. 002: Tuesday, 1-4 PM, first class Sept. 6
Sec. 003: Wednesday, 1-4 PM, first class Sept. 7
Sec. 004: Thursday, 1-4 PM, first class Sept. 8
M. Longo Office Hours: 354 West Hall, 10-11 a.m., Tuesdays & Wednesdays
Click to Download Revised schedule for experiments
Course documents
Here are some Excel spreadsheets you will find useful for some of the experiments:
- Spreadsheet for Experiment 1
- Spreadsheet for Experiment 2
- Spreadsheet for Experiment 5
- Spreadsheet for Experiment 6
Download this for a simple explanation of how to estimate errors, etc. Errors and the Treatment of Data
Resources and Other links
- Physics Course Home Pages
- Physics Department
- Physics Help Room, a good place to go for help on physics problems and questions. 1416 Randall Lab. Open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.
- Society of Physics Students: headquartered in 365 West Hall, holds free weekly tutoring sessions for introductory courses; check website for more information.
- Physics Student Services Office
- Science Learning Center,1720 Chem, organizes study groups.
- Registrar's Office (academic calendar, Wolverine Access, registration info, etc.)
- Wolverine access/course search
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