Ph 1abc: Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism
"The first year of a two-year course in introductory classical and modern
physics. Topics: Newtonian mechanics in Ph 1 a; electricity and
magnetism, and special relativity, in Ph 1 b, c. Emphasis on physical
insight and problem solving. Ph 1 b, c is divided into two tracks: the
Practical Track emphasizing practical electricity with take-home lab
kits, and the Analytic Track which has no lab component but teaches and
uses methods of multivariable calculus. Students will be given
information helping them to choose a track at the end of fall quarter."
--Caltech Catalog
"The Lorentz transformation then grinds and whirs, finally spitting
out the coordinates x, t of the same event measured in the laboratory
frame."
--_Spacetime Physics_, Taylor & Wheeler (aka "Relativity for Dummies")
"We will also discover that its magnitude is the mass of the particle,
reckoned using the good ol', ever-lovin', familiar minus sign:
m^2=E^2-p^2."
--_Spacetime Physics_, Taylor & Wheeler (aka "Relativity for Dummies")