Instructor: Prof. Reshmi Mukherjee
Lectures:
Required Text:
Additional Readings:
Course Syllabus
Laboratory:
The 3.0 pt lab-based course PHY BC3086y is tailored to complement PHY BC3006
lectures. Students will be asked to perform 4 experiments during the term.
Lab manuals will be handed out prior to the lab sessions. Lectures related
to the labs will be given during normal class hours. Students will have
access to the labs for a period of 2 weeks. They complete the experiment at
their leisure. Reports are due at noon on the days noted.
Information on
lab schedules, topics, and TAs may be found
here.
Problem Sets:
Problem sets will be assigned and collected roughly once a week.
Photocopied solutions will be handed out in class. Once the
solution set is available, no late homeworks will be accepted.
This policy will be strictly enforced.
Students with Disabilities:
Students with disabilities who will be taking this course and may need
disability-related classroom accomodations are encouraged to make an
appointment to see me as soon as possible. Barnard College student - stop by the Office of
Disability Services in 7 Milbank to register for support services.
About the Pictures at the top:
These photographs were obtained from the History of
Mathematics archive and were selected because these are
some of the names we will come across in our course. Click
on the photographs to read about the lives of some of these
great scientists.
Page last updated by Reshmi Mukherjee, January 12, 2006