Fall 2026
PHYS 458 · Special and General Relativity
Special relativity, curved spacetime, gravitation, and their physical consequences.
Current and upcoming courses
Winter 2027
EN PH 131 · Mechanics
Motion, forces, energy, momentum, gravitation, and rigid-body dynamics.
Selected earlier courses
- Winter 2026
- PHYS 590 · Particle Physics II
- 2023–2025
- PHYS 458 · Special and General Relativity
Fall offerings.
- 2024–2026
- EN PH 131 · Mechanics
Winter offerings.
- Fall 2022
- PHYS 495/595 · Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
- 2018–2022
- PHYS 511/512 · Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Selected fall and winter offerings.
- 2016–2018
- MA PH 451 · Mathematical Methods in Physics
- 2016–2018
- PHYS 271 · Modern Physics
Papers with a teaching perspective
- A simple pendulum in Schwarzschild spacetime — oscillations in a gravitational field.
- Sun-synchronous orbits, quadrupole deformation of Earth, and analemma — orbital mechanics and the shape of Earth.
- Gravitational time dilation, free fall, and matter waves — connections between familiar effects in relativity.
Archived course pages
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