Physics Building, Room 2310 (Mailbox in 2323); x56147
Week of Dec. 8: Normal office hours
The final paper is due in class on the last day of class. There is a grace period till noon Thursday, Dec. 11; submission later than that will result in grade penalties of 1/3-1/2 letter per day. Electronic submission of the paper by email (attaching the Word [or other word processor] file) is required!
Last updated Dec. 10, 2008
Instructor: Prof. Theodore L. Einstein
Room: 2310 Physics
Phone: 301-405-6147
Email: einstein at umd.edu
Class: Mondays & Wednesdays, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Room 1304, John S. Toll Physics Bldg.
Office hours: Mondays 11-12, Wednesdays 3:30-4:30, and by arrangement
Text: Primaries:
Nathan Spielberg and Bryon D. Anderson, Seven Ideas That Shook The Universe (2nd ed.), (Wiley, New York, 1995) [0-471-30606-1] in paperback (out of print, buy used--there is an overpriced 3rd edition available)
William H. Cropper, Great Physicists: the Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking, Oxford University Press, 2001 [0-19-517324-4] in paperback
Supplementary: see syllabus