Princeton University
Physics 301 Fall 2009

Welcome to Physics 301

Announcements:

The only text you will need to purchase for the course is "Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics" by F. Reif, Waveland Press. It will be assumed that you have a good grasp of thermodynamics at the level of an introductory physics text such as Halliday & Resnick or Knight.

MIDTERM THURSDAY OCT 29 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Room Jadwin A10

Brought to you by:

Person Role Office Phone Number E-mail Office hours
Lyman Page Instructor 217 Jadwin Hall 8-5578 page@princeton.edu T: 3:30-5:00
Alex Dahlen TA 356 Jadwin Hall --- adahlen@princeton.edu
Siddharth (Sid) Ashok Parameswaran TA 428 Jadwin Hall --- sashok@princeton.edu
Karen Kelly Manager 208 Jadwin Hall 8-4418 kkaras@princeton.edu  

Syllabus

General Information

Notes

Lecture Notes from class. These are posted so that you can correct your notes if necessary. Please keep in mind that these notes were not written with an intent to distribute! Please send corrections. L1| L2| L3| L4| L5| L6| L7| L8| L9| L10| L11| L12| L13| L14| L15| L16| L17| L18| L19

Homework solutions

Physics 301 Problem Set 1 (solution)
Physics 301 Problem Set 2 (solution)
Physics 301 Problem Set 3 (solution)
Physics 301 Problem Set 4 (solution)
Physics 301 Problem Set 5 (solution)

Old Exams

Formula sheet

Midterm (Oct 22, 2008) with (solutions [mean: 69.1%])
Final (Jan 15, 2009) with (solutions [mean: 60.8%])
Midterm (Oct 29, 2009) with (solutions [mean: 67.6%])