Syllabus

Presentation Schedule

Class Presentations--Some Guidelines

Mid-term Study Questions

Final Examination Study Questions

Miscellaneous Links: Einstein on the Relationship between Philosophy and Physics Ptolomeic/Copernican Images and Animations The Copernican Explanation of Retrograde Motion at Opposition Don Howard. "Albert Einstein as a Philosopher of Science." Physics Today 58, no 12 (Dec. 2005), 34-40. A Guide to Raphael's "The School of Athens."

Galileo and the Church Links: Cardinal Paul Poupard. "Galileo: Report on Papal Commission Findings." John Paul II. "Lessons of the Galileo Case."

Cavendish Balance and Eötvös Experiement Links: Nice Illustration of the Cavendish Balance Good Analysis of the Cavendish Balance A Bit More Detail on Eötvös A Recent Experimental Test Proposed by Glashow et al.

Presentations: Boyle-Vitter: Copernicus and Kepler Habermel: Galileo on Motion Cosgrove and Rohrbacker: Newton's Principia Sonnick: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation Appel and Baker on Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Kildoo and Padden: Determinism Patti: Modelss of the Ether Firth and Rakoski: Maxwell's Theory Cook: The Kaufmann Experiment De Oreo: The Essentials of Special Relativity Hlavaty and Ulrich: Further Consequences of Special Relativity Marshall and Szopiak: General Relativity and the Expanding Universe Torres: Copenhagen Quantum Mechanics Pham: Is Quantum Mechanics Complete? Pilger: The EPR Paper and Bell's Theorem Hogan: An Alternative Version of Quantum Mechanics Ravindra: The Role of Historical Contingency Stratmann: The Status of Scientific Knowledge