Time: MWF 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm

Lectures: PAA A110

Tutorials: PAA A110

Final and final solutions

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Final exam statistics: mean = 195, the histogram is:

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12/11/2007 Results of the poll (Problem 0 from the final):

Most likely to "survive": Black Holes andšEnergy Conservation (both by a large margin)

Most likely to fail: String Theory (by a large margin); Standard Model and the Anthropic Principle (both by a smaller margin)

Most undecided: Inflation and Dark Energy

Hmm... Interesting.... The full resuts are here:

	pro	con	abs		pro-con
Anthropic Principle (the Universe we live in is the way it is because we live in it)	9	21	6		-12
Big Bang	25	6	5		19
Black Holes	32	1	3		31
Dark Energy	15	11	10		4
Dark Matter	15	12	9		3
Energy Conservation	31	3	2		28
General Relativity Theory	23	9	4		14
Gravitational Waves	22	8	6		14
Inflation ("faster-than-light" expansion of early Universe)	13	11	12		2
Quantum Mechanics	21	10	5		11
Special Relativity Theory	25	8	3		17
Standard Model of Particle Physics	7	21	8		-14
String Theory	2	28	6		-26

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Relevant chapters from "Exploring Black Holes" are available here.

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Friday, December 7 at 1:30 pm (regular meeting time): review for the final.

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11/29/2007: "Exploring Black Holes" is now on reserve in Physcis-Astronomy library.

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Second midterm statistics: mean = 87, the histogram:

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11/20/2007 Midterm #2 solutions have been posted.

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First midterm statistics: mean = 83, the histogram:

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Midterm #1 solutions posted.

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10/22/2007 Remember - the first midterm exam is this Wednesday, October 24! Bring one sheet of notes, a simple calculator and a little bit of brain. On the positive note, there will be no homework this week.

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10/17/2007 Homework solutions posted on the homework page.

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10/1/2007 Location for tutorials is set to A110, same as the lectures.

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9/30/2007 No homework first week!