Syllabus

Mid-term Examination Study Questions

Class Presentations--Some Guidelines

Howard: Slides from Class Lectures

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." Maxwell's Ether Model (1861) Young's Study of Diffraction (1803) Time Dilation and the Twin Paradox

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: Farley: Cushing Ch 8 - Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation Perham: Cushing Ch 10 - Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Fielder and Friedrich: Cushing Ch 11 - An Overarching Newtonian Framework