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Instructor
Class meets
- Lectures:
Tuesday 12:05-12:55 in Physics Hall (number 8 on this Map of the South
Campus)
Thursday 9:05-9:55
in the Teaching Hall in the Student Apartments.
(This hall is in the
building with numbers 2 and 3 on it on this Map of the North
Campus)
- Tutorials:
Tuesday, 11:05-11:55, in Hall B, in the Arts building,
(number 18 on this Map of the North
Campus)
The first tutorial will be on February 14.
Course content
We will roughly cover the module
content posted on the mathematical physics department's webpage.
A more accurate Weekly Schedule will appear
gradually as the course evolves.
Text
We will use the following book:
# Title:An Introduction to Thermal Physics
# Author: Daniel V. Schroeder.
You will need this book so please buy
it.
This comes in hardcover or as a paperback "international edition" (I
have the paperback, but I expect they are identical as far as the
content is concerned):
# Hardcover: 422 pages
# Publisher: Addison Wesley; US ed edition (August 28, 1999)
# ISBN-10: 0201380277
# ISBN-13: 978-0201380279
# Paperback: 422 pages
# Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st International edition edition (2 Sep
2004)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0321277791
# ISBN-13: 978-0321277794
This book also has its own webpage, maintained by the
author. It sells online for about 40 euro, but I will ask the
bookshop to get copies for you.
Exam and Continuous Assessment
There will be a one and a half hour written examination.
It counts for 80% of the mark. Continuous
Assessment (that is, hand-in exercises), makes up the remaining 20%.
If the mark for continuous assessment is lower than the exam mark, then
the exam counts for 100%
Homework
There will be a number of assignments to hand in (the frequency will be
about one per two weeks). These will be marked and
the results will count for 20% of the final mark.
Please make sure your homework shows some cohesion as
well as your name and student number.
I encourage you to work on the homework in small groups; it is important to
learn to communicate about the subject. However, please make sure you do
fully understand the solutions to the problems and please write them up
from scratch, in your own words. For this week's homework, see the If you have questions, comments or suggestions for the lectures and
the webpage (maybe you don't like green :)), then please send me an
email. I can't promise to make everybody happy,
but I will try.