8.231  Physics of Solids I

Hi all,

As a Holidays reading present, I have posted (in Lecture Notes) a conversation-interview between Hans Bethe and David Mermin, about the beginnings of solid state physics. I found it very enjoyable. I hope you too.

Best,

Pablo

Hi all,

I hope you enjoyed the exam. Final grades are posted on-line and should be visible (I think... there's a new on-line system, and perhaps they only become visible after a few days).

It was a great pleasure to teach 8.231 and I hope you enjoyed as much as I did. I want to thank you all for your interest, your good and tough questions, and also David for being such a superb TA. I hope at least some of you will continue studying condensed matter physics, and I wish you all the best with the rest of your exams this week!

Happy holidays and new year, and see you around MIT!

Pablo

Hi all,

Solutions for the practice exam have just been posted. Feel free to send me an email in case there are any questions.
Good luck with your exam preparations,
David

Hi all,

One last reminder to please fill course evaluations for those of you that haven't yet (see email below). I think deadline is tonight.

Thanks a lot!

Pablo

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Hi all,

I was glad to see most of you this morning in the experimental demo. I enjoyed it very much (it was also first time for me to see some aspects, like the superfluid transition), and I hope you enjoyed it too.

I would like to ask all of you to please take a moment to fill the course evaluation forms (these can be filled online at: http://web.mit.edu/ subjectevaluation). You can do this until Friday. It's very important to both David and myself to learn how we have done. Beyond the numerical scores, it's a lot more important to get written comments from you about what was best/most interesting, what was not so good/interesting, suggestions for improvement, etc. This will help us improve the course for next year.

Best regards and good luck with finals!

Pablo & David

Hi All,

We just posted a practice exam. You may want to try and solve it before friday, so you can ask us questions about it during the extended office hours.

Best,
David