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General information for
Physics 53
Duke University
Fall 2007
Contents
1 Introduction 2
1.1 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Instructional Staff 2
3 Lectures 3
4 Recitations 3
4.1 Recitation quizzes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4.2 Homework and assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Labs 4
6 Exams and grades 4
6.1 Exams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.2 Grading Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.3 Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6.4 Missed Work Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Resources 5
8 Miscellaneous 5
8.1 Policy on use of calculators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8.2 Formula sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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1 Introduction
Physics 53 (General Physics I) at Duke is taught using lectures, recitations, and labs. The Duke
Honor Code will apply to all exams, quizzes, homeworks, and labs (within the bounds described
in the Lab Overview). Your typical week should look like the following:
• Monday : start reading the material relevant for the lectures of that week (this is specified
in section 8.2); turn in Homework from the previous week before 1:00 pm.
• Tuesday : lecture, start assigned problems for that week
• Wednesday : continue working on assigned problems for that week
• Thursday : lecture; finish assigned problems; recitation (for sections 1 – 4 and section 9)
• Friday : recitation (for sections 5 – 8 and section 10)
• Labs : you will attend one of the lab sessions on either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.
• Help Room : Wed Thu Sun 8:00 – 10:00 pm, Sat 3:00 – 5:00 pm in Room 150.
1.1 Text
The required text for the course is Physics for Scientists and Engineers (either 3rd or 4th
Edition, Vol. 1) , by Douglas C. Giancoli, Pearson / Prentice Hall. This will be packaged with
the student Study Guide at the Duke bookstore. You may wish to purchase the package having
the Study Guide and Volumes 1 and 2 for further savings if you intend to take PHY54 in the
Spring semester. There is no need to by the PRS transmitter, if it is offered, as we will not use it.
2 Instructional Staff
The course will be taught by five faculty members (lecturer, recitation instructors, lab administra-
tor), one graduate instructor, and five teaching assistants. Their names and contact information
are listed in the table below.
Name Function Email Phone Office
Berndt Mueller Course Coordinator [email protected] 660-2570 250
& Lecturer
Steffen Bass Recit. Instructor [email protected] 660-2479 261-D
Kevin Chalut Recit. Instructor [email protected] 660-5588 2569 CIEMAS
Eduardo Novais Recit. Instructor [email protected] 660-2965 287
Werner Tornow Recit. Instructor [email protected] 660-2637 408 TUNL
Nathan Kundtz Head Teaching Asst. [email protected] 660-2952 2322 FSC
Seth Cohen Teaching Assistant [email protected] 660-2490 274-A
Riva Das Teaching Assistant [email protected]
Baolei Li Teaching Assistant [email protected] 660-2489 274-B
Mark Steadman Teaching Assistant [email protected] 660-2490 274-A
Junyao Tang Teaching Assistant [email protected] 660-2549 094
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3 Lectures
All lectures will take place in Physics Room 128 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There are two
sections:
• Tue-Thu , 10:05 - 11:20
• Tue-Thu , 11:40 - 12:55
The lectures for both sections will be given by Dr. Berndt Mueller ([email protected]). The