PHYSICS 114
Mechanics of Wave Motion and Sound
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH), 105A, 105B, Mathematics 32B, 33A, 33B. Vibrating systems and wave propagation in gases, liquids, and solids, including elements of hydrodynamics and elasticity. Applications in ultrasonics, low-temperature physics, solid-state physics, architectural acoustics. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Had Putterman for both Physics 17 and 114. He's a very cocky professor, and will crack a ton of jokes about social science majors (which is funny, unless you are one, but if you are one, you're probably not taking his class). His homework is usually pretty difficult, admittedly, and so are his tests, but his grading curve is extremely generous. He's a pretty entertaining professor, his lectures will go off on tangents that are generally amusing, and he teaches you interesting things, such as advanced thermodynamics and fluid mechanics... as opposed to teaching you the things that you're supposed to be learning, especially for 17. I would highly recommend that you take a class with Putterman at least once for the experience; fair warning, lots of people hate his classes with a passion.
Had Putterman for both Physics 17 and 114. He's a very cocky professor, and will crack a ton of jokes about social science majors (which is funny, unless you are one, but if you are one, you're probably not taking his class). His homework is usually pretty difficult, admittedly, and so are his tests, but his grading curve is extremely generous. He's a pretty entertaining professor, his lectures will go off on tangents that are generally amusing, and he teaches you interesting things, such as advanced thermodynamics and fluid mechanics... as opposed to teaching you the things that you're supposed to be learning, especially for 17. I would highly recommend that you take a class with Putterman at least once for the experience; fair warning, lots of people hate his classes with a passion.
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