The required text:
Physics & Technology for Future Presidents, by Richard Muller, Princeton University Press, 2010, ISBN 0691135045. Available in the bookstores.
If you don't have it yet, here are the first two chapters from an earlier version:
#1 Energy html or pdf
#2 Atoms & Heat html or pdf
There are many earlier versions and books with similar titles, make sure you get the right one!
Webcasts of Spring 2010 lectures
Table of Contents
Calendar/schedule
Required text
weekly homeworks
homework sources
prerequisites
math
old exams
exams and grades
excused absences
to contact Muller
GSIs
discussion sections
Webcasts and podcasts
Spring 2010 Webcast
Old lecture webcasts:
Fall 2009
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Selected Textbook chapters (Old version. Choose pdf for better printing)
Contents, preface, pedagogy (pdf)
4. Radioactivity (or
in pdf)
7. Waves & UFOs (or pdf)
10. Climate (pdf or html)
11.Relativity (or pdf)
Index (or in
pdf)
Introduction and Contents (pdf)
Want to teach this course at your university?
Additional material:
A1. Physics humor
A2.Physics toys
A3.Sept 11
A4.Randomness
Great links:
Check the stories you've heard on Snopes. Are they urban legends?
Astronomy Picture of the Day
How Stuff Works
Muller's other web site
Federation of American Scientists
Stargazers to Starships