Syllabus

Class Presentations--Some Guidelines

Presentation Schedule

Mid-term Examination 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." 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: Hines-Porter-VanSlochem-Galileo-on-Motion Ducey and Kim on Newton's Principia Lan and LaRosa on Newton's Law of Gravitation Nogay and Dela Cruz on Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Catalano and Roskos on Maxwell's Theory Genco on Einstein and Special Relativity Claudeanos on Further Consequences of Einstein's Postulates