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Spring 2012 Courses
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Instructor: Brian Chaboyer
Textbook: Investigating Astronomy: A Conceptual View of the Universe, 1st Edition, January 2011, Slater and
Freedman ISBN: 978-1429210638
Classroom: 104 Wilder
Class times: MWF 11:15 am - 12:20 pm; x-period: Tu 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Ryan Hickox
Textbook: Foundations of Astrophysics, 1st Edition, March 2009, Ryden and Peterson, ISBN: 978-0321595584
Classroom: 115 Wilder
Class times: TuTh 10:00 - 11:50 am; x-period: W 3:00-3:50 pm
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Instructor: Robert Fesen
Textbooks: An Introduction To The Solar System, 2nd Edition, June 2011,
Rothery, McBride & Gilmour, ISBN: 978-1891389344
Transiting Exoplanets, 1st Edition, August 2010, Haswell, ISBN: 978-0521139380 (recommended)
Classroom: 102 Wilder
Class times: TuTh 2:00 - 3:50 pm; x-period: W 4:15-5:05 pm
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Instructor: Marcelo Gleiser / Richard Kremer
Textbook: The Dancing Universe, 1st Edition, March 2005, Gleiser, ISBN: 978-1584654667
Classroom: 104 Wilder
Class times: MWF 12:30 - 1:35 PM; x-period: Tu 1:00-1:50 PM
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Instructor: Yorke Brown
Textbooks: Physics for Scientists and Engineers w/Modern Physics , 4th edition, Vol. 2 (chs 21-35), Giancoli,
ISBN: 978-0132273596
Physics for Scientists and Engineers w/Modern Physics , 4th edition, Vol. 3 (Chs 36-44), Giancoli
ISBN: 978-0132274005 (recommended)
Classroom: 111 Wilder
Class times: MWF 12:30 - 1:35 pm; x-period: Tu 1:00-1:50 pm
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Instructor: James LaBelle
Textbooks: Abundance, 1st Edition, February 2012, Kolter & Diamandis, ISBN: 978-1451614213
Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of
Tomorrow, 1st Edition, September 2011, Laughlin, ISBN: 978-0465022199
World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, 1st Edition, January 2011,
Brown, ISBN: 978-0393339499
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, 1st Edition, September 2006, Kurzweil,
ISBN: 978-0143037880
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100,
1st Edition, February 2012, Kaku, ISBN: 978-0307473332
Classroom: 202 Wilder
Class times: MWF 10:00 - 11:05 am; x-period: Th 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructors: Chandrasekhar Ramanthan / Barrett Rogers
Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 2: Chapters 21-33, 6th Edition, May 2007, Tipler
and Mosca; ISBN: 978-1429201339
Classroom: 111 Wilder
Class times: Section 1: MWF 10:00 - 11:05 am; x-period: Th 12:00-12:50 pm
Section 2: MWF 11:15 am - 12:20 pm x-period: Tu 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Miles Blencowe
Textbook: No textbook required.
Classroom: 115 Wilder
Class times: MWF 10:00 - 11:05 am; x-period: Th 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Miles Blencowe
Textbook: Biological Physics (Updated Ed), 1st Edition, June 2007, Nelson, ISBN: 978-0716798972
Classroom: 115 Wilder
Class times: MWF 12:30 - 1:35 pm; x-period: Tu 1:00-1:50 pm
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Instructor: Kristina Lynch
Textbook: Classical Mechanics, January 2005, Taylor, ISBN: 978-1891389221
Classroom: 102 Wilder
Class times: MWF 11:15 am - 12:20 pm; x-period: Tu 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Robyn Millan
Textbook: Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, January 1999, Griffiths, ISBN: 978-0138053260
Classroom: 102 Wilder
Class times: MWF 10:00 - 11:05 am; x-period: Th 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Mary Hudson
Textbook: Introduction to Space Physics, 1st Edition, April 1995, Kivelson and Russell, ISBN: 978-0521457149
Classroom: 202 Wilder
Class times: TuTh 2:00 - 3:50 pm; x-period: W 4:15-5:05 pm
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Instructor: Alex Rimberg
Textbook: No text required.
Classroom: 209/210 Wilder
Class times: TuTh 2:00 - 3:50 pm; x-period: W 4:15-5:05 pm
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Instructor: Lorenza Viola
Textbooks: Modern Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition, July 2010, Sakurai and Napolitano, ISBN: 978-0805382914
Quantum Mechanics: A Modern Development, March 1998, Ballentine, ISBN: 978-9810241056
Classroom: 202 Wilder
Class times: MWF 10:00 - 11:05 am; x-period: Th 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Roberto Onofrio
Textbooks: Statistical Mechanics, 3rd Edition, March 2011, Pathria and Beale, ISBN: 978-0123821881
Statistical Physics of Particles, 1st Edition, June 2007, Kardar, ISBN: 978-0521873420
(recommended)
Classroom: 115 Wilder
Class times: MWF 11:15 AM - 12:20 pm; x-period: Tu 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Mary Hudson
Textbooks: Advanced Space Plasma Physics, 1st Edition, January 1997, Treumann, ISBN: 978-1860940262
Basic Space Plasma Physics, September 1996, Baumjohann and Treumann, ISBN: 978-1860940798
(recommended)
Introduction to Plasma Physics: With Space and Laboratory Applications, January 2005, Gurnett and
Bhattacharjee, ISBN: 978-0521367301 (recommended)
Classroom: 202 Wilder
Class times: MWF 11:15 AM - 12:20 pm; x-period: Tu 12:00-12:50 pm
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Instructor: Lorenza Viola
Textbooks: Quantum Computation & Quantum Information, 1st Edition, January 2004, Nielsen and Chuang,
ISBN: 978-1107002173
Lectures on Quantum Information, 1st Edition, February 2007, Bruss and Leuchs,
ISBN: 978-3527405275
Classroom: 102 Wilder
Class times: TuTh 10:00 - 11:50 am; x-period: W 3:00-3:50 pm
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