Winter Quarter, 2023
Section B: PCE Reg. #19576 (for PCE PMSP/GNM students;
register via PCE
Time Schedule),
Section A: UW Reg. # 19575 (for students in other UW
programs; register via UW
Time Schedule)
T-Th, 7:00-8:50 pm
A-110 Physics-Astronomy Building (PAB) and online via Zoom
4 credits
R. Jeffrey Wilkes,
Professor Emeritus of Physics
Office: B-208-A PAB (by appointment only)
e-mail: wilkes@uw.edu
Phone: (206) 543-4232 (leave message)
Mailbox: in Physics Department office (C121 PAB)
TA: Yiyun Dong <yiyund@uw.edu>
While her main job is to grade papers, Ms Dong can
help you if you get stuck on the homework problems.
Contact her by email if you want to make an appointment
for phone or zoom meetings.
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Physics PMSP students: register in Section B,
online through UW PCE
Time Schedule, use
Registration #19576.
Students
in other UW graduate programs, or undergraduates (get
prior permission of instructor):
register in Section A Registration #19575,
through MyUW.
Class will meet online via Zoom
except for a few (previously announced) sessions where I
will do classroom demonstrations. However,
ALL LECTURE SESSIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE,
using the Zoom videoconferencing system. Click on "How
to connect" link below. I will open the session at
6:45pm each night.
Practice using zoom before class - IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE
CONNECTING, email me, wilkes@uw.edu
Zoom sessions will be
recorded, see below for links.
All slides shown will be posted on this website, see
link below.
Textbooks:
Fundamentals of Acoustics, by Lawrence E.
Kinsler, et al, Wiley, 3rd or 4th edition
Why You Hear What You Hear, by Eric J. Heller,
Princeton University Press, 2013
Copies available at the University Book Store, UW
branch.
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other disruption, please check