Physics 609
Galileo and Einstein-- 3 Credits

Introduction

Dear Physics Teachers,

Welcome to Galileo & Einstein. This course is adapted from Professor Stephen Schnatterly's and Professor Michael Fowler's undergraduate course Phys 109. To view a sample lecture, click on radio button Sample Lecture Videos. The lectures are in MP4 format and can be viewed using the software Quicktime on your computer. When you get your UVa email and password, you may download any lecture from Blackboard. If you do not want to download the lectures, they will be available on CDS as before from the UVa bookstore at your expense. For more information, click on Overview. The lectures are not rehearsed, but are edited versions of live lectures given in Phys 109 at UVa. Assignments and administrative information related to the course have been edited from the lectures. Most of the several hundred students in the class take it as an elective to fullfill a science requirement. Although the class that is taped is an undergraduate class, you will still find the lectures and demos interesting and stimulating. To facilitate downloading, each original lecture is divided into parts A and B.