PHYS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Physical Optics, Dimensional Analysis, Kinematics

• School: McGill University
• Department: Physics
• Course: PHYS 101
• Professor: Kenneth J Ragan

Document Summary

Your instructor (me): prof. ken ragan rutherford physics building 344 514-398-6518. Mid-term exam: 6:00 to 8:00 pm, monday october 16. Full calendar of course components (midterm, labs, capa assignments) is available on mycourses. Text: physics, principles with applications by d. giancoli, 7th edition, pearson/prentice hall - In bookstore (new ~, used ), will be used for phys 102 as well. Srs: student response system (clickers): clickers will allow you to engage in the lectures, clickers will be used in (almost) every lecture, app ( responseware ) downloadable from itunes/apple store (ios) or play store (android) (not case sensitive: to get bonus points (more in a minute) you"ll need to register (on your mycourses home page, tab polling @ mcgill ) or go to mcgill. ca/polling. Calculator: scientific calculator with trig (cos/sin), square roots, logs, etc required for course and labs. Ragan"s office hours: tuesdays 10:00 11:30 am rutherford physics building, room 344 phys 101.