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PHYSICS
Ph. 130. HYDRODYN AlIIlCS. 30 units; first term.
Prerequisites: Ma. IH.
Mathematical theories of sustenance and resistance. Waves and
tides. Vortex motion and turbulence. Motion of a viscous fluid. Rotating
masses of fluid.
(1\ ot given in 1929-1930.)
Text: Lamb, Hydrodynamics.
Instructor: Bateman.
Ph. 131. THEORY OF ELASTICITY. 30 units; first term.
Stresses in beams, bars, struts, springs, plates, tubes, and shells from
the standpoint of the mathematical theory of elasticity. Theories of
plasticity and failure. Strength of crystals. Waves in elastic solids.
Earthquake waves.
(Not given in 1929-1930.)
Texts: Love, ::VIathematical Thpol'Y of Elasticity; .J eff"ry, The Earth;
J. Prescott, Applied Elasticity.
Instructor: Bateman.
Ph. 139. AEROLOGY AND METEOROLOGY. 15 units; one term.
Variation with altitude of pressure, wind velocity, temperature, and
humidity. General circulation of the atmosphere. Prevailing winds.
World's air routes. Studies relating to clouds, fogs, thunderstorms,
evaporation, and atmospheric eddies. Atmospheric electricity, visibility.
(Not given in 1929-1930.)
Text: Shaw, Forecasting Weather; Gregg, Aeronautical Meteorology;
Humphreys, Physics of the Air.
Instructor: Bateman.
Ph. 134 a, b. QUANTUl\f THEORY. 9 units (3-0-6): second and third
terms.
Prerequisites: Ph. 12 a, b, c, 15 a, b, C; Ma. 8 a, b, c, 10 a, b, c.
This course is designed as an introduction to the quantum mechanics;
and it will follow fairiy closely the historical development of the theory.
The following subj ects will be treated in detail; the quantization of the
electromagnetic field; the photoelectric effect and the Compton effect;
stationary states and the quantization of the first integrals of dynamical
systems; the Bohr theory of hydrogen-like atoms; the clectron spin and
the exclusion principle; the correspondence principlc; radiation and dispersion;
the transition to matrix mechanics; the transformation theory;
the wave equation and the undulatory properties of matter; the uncertainty
principle; applications of the quantum mechanics.
Instructor: Oppenheimer.