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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Ph. 136 a, b. INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY. 6 units;
first and second terms.
The special theory of the relativity of motion in free space, with
applications to mechanical and electromagnetic problems. Use of four
dimensional language for expressing the results of relativity. Introduction
to tensor analysis. The general theory of relativity and the theory
of gravitation.
Recommended Texts: First term, Tolman, The Theory of the Relativity
of Motion. Second term, Eddington, The Mathematical Theory of
Relativity.
(Not given in 1929-1930.)
Instructor: Tolman.
Ph. 138. SEMINAR IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS. 4 units; first, second
and third terms.
Recent development of the theory of quanta for specialists in mathematical
physics.
Instructors: Epstein, Bateman, Houston, Oppenheimer, Zwicky.
Ph. 141. RESEARCH CONFERENCES IN PHYSICS. 4 units; first, second
and third terms.
Meets twice a week for report and discussion of the work appearing
in the literature and that in progress in the laboratory. All advanced
students in physics and members of the physics staff are expected to
take part.
Instructors: Millikan, Bateman, Epstein, Tolman, Watson.
Ph. 142. RESEARCH IN PHYSICS. Units in accordance with the work
accomplished.
ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS CLUB.
The club, consisting of physicists of the Institute and of the Mount
Wilson Observatory, a group of from fifty to one hundred, meets every
week either at the Institute or the Observatory Laboratory for the discussion
of researches carried on by its members as well as those appearing
in the physical journals.