Typically this is the first time Physics will go strange on you! Up till now, what you've seen has been very much built with the physical intuition you get from just looking at the world around you. But all that hard won intuition is not going to help you here, where we extend into the unfamiliar world - the world of the very fast which is special relativity, and the world of the very small which is quantum mechanics. Its not that your physical intution is wrong - it works great for the slow and macroscopic. it just needs extending when we move to more extreme environments.
Lectures in Elvet Riverside: I will start my formal lecture material at 11:10 as most students have a lecture beforehand on the science site and are still arriving at 11:05.
Your learning is supported by an OFFICE HOUR 1-2pm Thursday every week in OC304 (IPPP small seminar room in the old Ogden Centre in the main Physics building). Just drop in, no need to book. Please first though try to understand concepts by yourself (go over the notes/video captures, read the book section, google it) or with your friends, or in tutorials.
The reading references are Young and Freedman (YF). You are expected to read the relevant chapter sections BEFORE the lecture. My lecture notes are linked below - these are intended (like the lectures themselves) to be a guide to your reading in Young and Freedman, rather than being a replacement for the book.
The revision lecture is timetabled for Weds 1st May 12-1pm. I will also hold drop in sessions (no need to email in advance, just drop in!) on Thursday 2nd May 4-5pm and Friday 10th May 1-3pm in OC304 (IPPP small seminar room in the old Ogden Centre in the main Physics building)
