29:009 Directions in Modern Physics: Labs

The lab sections are Lab 043 (Th. 1:30-4:20 PM). and Lab 047 (Th. 7:00-9:20 PM).

Your TA is Andreas Soemadi (hartono@hepmips.physics.uiowa.edu , or Soemadi@aol.com)

All registrations should be done in Room 203 of Van Allen Building

Unless specified differently, all the labs are in Room 201 VAN.

Week Topic
Jan. 21 NO LABS
Jan. 28 Mathematica tutorial
Feb. 4 Simple Examples of Dynamical Systems
Feb. 11 Feigenbaum's discovery
Feb. 18 Coin Tossing
Feb. 25 The planar pendulum (ROOM 268)
March 4 Numerical Solutions of ODE, limit cycles and strange attractors
March 11 Poincare sections, analysis of time series
March 18 Spring Break
March 25 Wavelength and speed of light (ROOM 268) .
April 1 Ratio e/m of the electron (ROOM 268)
April 8 Electron diffraction (ROOM 268)
April 15 Mechanical equivalent of heat (ROOM 268)
April 22 Non-Euclidean Geometry
April 26 Review
May 6 No LABS