Welcome to Physics 1408!!
A & E's “Top 10” People
of the Past Millennium (in Western Culture)
Physicists are listed in red!!
1. Johann Gutenberg
2. Isaac Newton
3. Martin Luther
4. Charles Darwin
5. William Shakespeare
6. Christopher Columbus
7. Karl Marx
8. Albert Einstein
9. Nicolaus Copernicus
10. Galileo Galilei
A & E's “Top 10” People
of the Past Millennium (in Western Culture)
Physicists are listed in red!!
1. Johann Gutenberg
2. Isaac Newton
Culture Quiz!!
3. Martin Luther Who were these people?
Why are they famous?
4. Charles Darwin
5. William Shakespeare
6. Christopher Columbus
7. Karl Marx
8. Albert Einstein
9. Nicolaus Copernicus
10. Galileo Galilei
Class Web Page!
http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/Phys1408/1408.html
NOTE!! THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!
There, you will find:
1. Posted (Word): Syllabus, Help Resources, links to
old exams (with solutions), links to old quizzes (with solutions).
2. Posted (Power Point): Lectures
3. A link to the on-line homework page, WebAssign.
4. Important Class Announcements & Calendar Items!
5. Links to help resources web pages
6. Other important items relating to this class.
PLEASE!!
Get into the habit of checking this often!
Announcement Page!
My Web Page
• Linked from the class Web Page is:
The Announcement Page:
http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/Phys1408/announce.html
This contains class announcements & major
calendar items. Please check it often!
• You might also check out My Web page at:
http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/
Physics 1408
Email Distribution List!
–It is VERY important that you have
an email address & that I have it!!!
–I will use the email distribution list to
make important class
announcements!!!
–It is VERY important that you check
your email DAILY!!! (PLEASE tell
me if you change email address!)
Math Co- & Pre-Requisites
• Math is the Language of Physics!! But, this is
NOT a math course!! I simply do not have time to teach
math to you! I must assume that you know it! Primary
difficulties with the course are often math-related!!
• Pre-Requisite: Math 1451: Calculus I
– Or an equivalent course somewhere else!
• Assumed Pre-Requisites:
– Math 1320 & 1321: Algebra & Trigonometry
– Or: Math 1550: Pre-Calculus, Or equivalent courses
elsewhere.
• Take advantage of the:
Math Review in Appendix B!
Physics 1408 Laboratory
• This no-credit lab is a required co-requisite!
IF you drop the lecture you
MUST drop the lab also!
ATTENTION!
LAB SCHEDULE
All labs begin Wednesday, July 10!!
• NOTE:
COME to lab prepared to start, including
already having your lab manual!!!
Physics 1408 Recitation
• This no-credit recitation is a REQUIRED co-requisite!
IF you drop the lecture you
MUST drop the recitation also!
ATTENTION!
RECITATION SCHEDULE
All recitations begin Wednesday, July 10!!
Where to Go for Help??
• See the syllabus, which covers this!
– See Me!!! Room 18.
• During office hours or not (I’m usually not
rigid about these). Or call me on the phone.
Or email me! I respond to email!!!
– See your Lab TA!!!
• There will be office hours for this person.
– Get a tutor!!!
• The Physics Department Office (Room
101) has an approved list.
Where to Go for Help??
– Your Fellow Students!!!
• A very effective strategy can be to work on
homework & to study for quizzes & exams
together in a group.
• This is how professionals work in the “real world”.
– The Internet!!!
• There are HUGE numbers of Physics Help Web
sites! Using Google.com & typing in “Physics
Help” gives about 54,700,000 hits!!!! I encourage
you to try out some. The last page of the syllabus
lists some Physics Help Web pages.
– Class Web Page!
Bottom Line on Help
IF YOU NEED HELP, TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY
HELP RESOURCES AVAILABLE!!
If you need help & don’t use these
resources, only YOU are to blame!
To Succeed in this Course
• See document:
“How to succeed in Physics by Really Trying”.
• READ the book, which cost you many $$$!
– It’s most effective to read the material
BEFORE I lecture over it.
• WORK the assigned homework problems!!
– Before looking at the solutions. Copying
the solutions will NOT teach you physics.
• WORK extra problems!
To Succeed in this Course
COME TO CLASS!!
• There is a correlation between attendance & grade! Also,
skipping means that you are WASTING the tuition & fees
that you (or your parents) paid! With tuition & fees for a fulltime student, each class meeting costs about $39. Each time
you skip, you are throwing away about $39!! After a while
this adds up! My lectures may not be entertaining or brilliant,
but I do expose you to the material!
ATTENDANCE!!!
THE WEEKEND DOESN’T BEGIN ON
THURSDAY (or end on Monday)!!!! FRIDAY IS A
REGULAR CLASS DAY (as is Monday)!!!
On-Line Homework
• Posted on the Commercial Website
WebAssign
– On-line homework will be assigned & graded at the
WebAssign site.
– Doing homework is the most effective means of learning
physics, which is impossible without working problems!
– Once you are registered at WebAssign, you’ll be able
to download assignments. Assignments are posted as
we start a chapter & are
due by 11:30pm about 5 days later.
– You’ll be able to get answers after the due date.
WebAssign
– To access WebAssign, login at
https://www.webassign.net/login.htm.
Instructions are in the Student Access Kit.
– If you don’t have the Student Access Kit
which comes with a new book, you can
purchase one on the WebAssign site.
Please do this ASAP!
– NOTE: This site is not at TTU & you should give
yourself plenty of time for submitting answers–
sometimes the network can be slow or down.