| SECTION 01 - 2nd Quarter |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
D'Inverno, Ray, INTRODUCING EINSTEIN'S RELATIVITY, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1999.
Gates, Evalyn, EINSTEIN'S TELESCOPE: THE HUNT FOR DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY IN THE UNIVERSE, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2009.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Biweekly homework assignments.
One mid-term and one final exam. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students will be required to have a basic understanding of Special Relativity (PHYS215). Basic concepts of special relativity will be reviewed during the course. The course includes an introductory tutorial on tensor analysis; a basic understanding of matrices is required. There will be a limited use of partial differential equations. Fluency in calculus is a requirement. |
| Instructor(s): Kubik,Erik Michael Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: SCIE201; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 50 | | SR major: 10 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 12 | GRAD: 10 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 10 | FR: 10 |
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