P284 Materials on Reserve

All materials are on reserve in the UMass Physical Science Library, listed under Prof. Blaylock and under Physics 284.

Discover Mar (1997) - "The Gravity Probe" Gary Taubes ... an update on the Stanford gyroscope experiment which hopes to detect the effect of frame dragging near the Earth. Photocopy.

Clifford Will "Was Einstein Right?" Basic Books, New York (1986) ... an excellent popular book which reviews the major experimental and historical issues in General Relativity. Some of the lecture material on GR comes from this book. Two copies.

Richard Feynman " The Feynman Lectures on Physics (vol. 3)" Basic Books, New York (1986) ... The first three chapters of this volume covers a lot of the subtleties of quantum interference and amplitudes. Several details of class discussion on QM are taken from these chapters. One copy.

Homework and exam solutions. Updated after each homework set comes due. The same solutions are posted weekly in the foyer of Hasbrouck.

Last updated Feb. 6, 99