Reminder about question topics for Test

Hi everyone,

If you haven’t started studying for our 60-minute 15% Spring Test on March 20th, it is time to start right now. Don’t forget to condense your notes onto your 2-sided Aid Sheet.

The Test questions will be divided up by topics as follows (as indicated on both practice tests posted on this site earlier):-

1. Unification and Symmetry (week 10 “Clash of the 20th Century Titans”, some of week 11 “Unification and String Theory”, week 14 “Supersymmetry, Gauge Symmetry, and Symmetry Breaking”.)
2. String Theory (some of week 11 “Unification and String Theory”, week 12 “Superstrings and Superstring Duality Part 1″, week 13 “Superstring Duality Part 2″.)
3. Cosmology (week 15 “Cosmology: a brief history of our universe”, week 16 “Cosmology origins and string theory”.)
4. Bullsh!t (weeks 18-19: Bob Park’s “7 Warning Signs of Voodoo Science” and Carl Sagan’s “Baloney Detection Kit”.)

Note: as promised in class, week 17 “Testability of string theory” is not examinable.

If you wait until the weekend or later to try to see me at my office, it will not work. I have a very busy schedule at present. Also, please do not send panicked emails on Monday or Tuesday just before the Test. ..

Cheers,
Prof. P.