PHY100S - The Magic of Physics - Class 26 - Wednesday April 12, 2006

Introduction

Einsteins Three Rules for Science, Ourselves, and Our Society:

1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.
2. From discord, make harmony.
3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

About the Final Exam

• 3 hour, closed book
• Wednesday April 26: 7 – 10 PM
• Emphasises material since Reading Week
  • Earlier material is also “fair game”
• 10 Multiple-Choice Questions: 6 marks each.
• 2 Long-Answer Questions: 20 marks each
  • You will choose 2 from 3 supplied topics to write about

Today's Class

Here is another link to the summary we used in today's class.

Epilog

John Archibald Wheeler on Universities:

" We all know that the real reason universities have students is to educate the professors. But, in order to be educated by the students, one has to put good questions to them. You try out your questions on the students. If there are questions that the students get interested in, then they start to tell you new things and keep you asking more new questions. Pretty soon you have learned a great deal."