Monthly Archives: April 2013

Creating supplemental texts

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

I’m nearing the end of a semester where, for one class, there was no official text. That’s going decently well, though I’ll likely have more to say about that in another post. What I want to talk about here are … Continue reading →

Posted in mathematica, syllabus creation, teaching | 21 Comments

Rigid body outline

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

I’m about to teach the dynamics of rigid bodies in my theoretical mechanics class, and I wanted to get down my plan. I developed and used this first a couple years ago, and I think I’m not going to change … Continue reading →

Posted in physics, syllabus creation | 3 Comments

Planck challenge

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

I was giving an oral exam today in Modern Physics, and I was inspired to write this post. A student was up front doing this standard: “I can compare and contrast the Rayleigh Jeans and Planck approaches to Blackbody radiation.” … Continue reading →

Posted in physics, teaching | 3 Comments