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PHYS27200 (PHYS272) Fall 2008

Electric And Magnetic Interactions

Current session: Fall 2008

Offering: Fall, Spring 4 Credits

Prerequisites: Prerequisite: PHYS 172; Corequisite: MA 162. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.

Description: Calculus-based physics course using concepts of electric and magnetic fields and an atomic description of matter to describe polarization, fields produced by charge distributions, potential, electrical circuits, magnetic forces, induction, and related topics, leading to Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic radiation and an introduction to waves and interference. 3-D graphical simulations and numerical problem solving by computer are employed throughout.

Instructor(s):
HIRSCH, ANDREW S.

Email:
hirsch@physics.purdue.edu

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Course	Title	Author	Edition	ISBN	Publisher
PHYS272	Matter & Interactions	Chabay & Sherwood	Vol. 2 w/WebAssign Set	0-470-13609-X	Wiley-Interscience
PHYS272	WebAssign				Location for WebAssign (http://webassign.net/info/signup)
PHYS272	Supplies: 2-D cell batteries
PHYS272	i>Clicker (The registration for the i>Clicker ID's must be done on CHIP in the Student Gradebook, NOT on the i>Clicker web site. Please register your i>clicker by Aug. 24, 2008)			0-7167-7939-0	Bedford/Freeman/Worth
PHYS272	Physics 272 Laboratory Manual		2008		Available only at "Boiler Copy Maker" in the Union RM157