physics 222 page

Physics 222, Modern Physics

Summer 2007, Joseph H. Ross / Joe Musser

General course information:

The textbook for this course is Modern Physics by Thornton and Rex, 3rd edition.
The syllabus can be found at this link (a pdf file).
The homework assignments can be found here.
Solutions: See the solution to homework 2 at this link.
Solution to homework 4 is at this link.

Sample exams and some course notes:
Here are sample exam-1, and sample exam-2. (both are pdf files)
And separate links for the sample ex1-solutions and ex2-solutions. (pdf files)
A sample final exam (for the first half of the course) is posted here, and its solution is here.

Formula sheets: see formula sheet 1 and formula sheet 2 (as pdf files).

Course notes: A few of the displayed chapter summaries and other notes from class can be found at this link. (However not a complete set of course notes.)

In case of problems email me at .

Grades: Here is the WebCT/onlinelearning link, for grade posting.

Other links:

The website for the Thornton and Rex text.
Also see Thornton's site at Virginia - has an errata for the text, and other info.

Other interesting sites:
How Things Work page.
Here is info about GPS Satellites on the How Stuff Works pages.
A Nanotechnology page from Zyvex, with lots of links.
Here is a handy periodic table
The Silicon Zoo
The Contemporary Physics Education Project has some useful charts and posters of particle and atomic properties.

Other science news and physics links:
PhysLINK news and reference.
Science News.
PhysicsWeb.
The Net Advance of Physics.
The Amercan Physical Society homepage.

Dr. Ross' research home page.

Go to Physics department page,
TAMU college of science

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Texas A&M University