Readings abbrevations:

1. R: The Laws of Physics are Frame-Independent—Unit R: Six Ideas that Shaped Physics, Thomas A. Moore
2. T: Some Processes are Irreversible—Unit T: Six Ideas that Shaped Physics, Thomas A. Moore
3. Supplementary: See the 9HB Reader at http://cse.ucdavis.edu/~chaos/courses/9hb/9HBReader.html.

You will find the lectures vastly more understandable having done the reading for each beforehand.

Assigned Readings:

• Lecture 1 (8 January): Course topics and goals, logistics
• Lecture 2 (10 January): R, Chapter R1
• Lecture 3 (15 January): R, Chapter R2
• Lecture 4 (17 January): R, Chapter R3
• Lecture 5 (22 January): R, Chapter R4
• Lecture 6 (24 January): R, Chapter R5
• Lecture 7 (29 January): R, Chapter R6
• Lecture 8 (31 January): R, Chapter R7
• Lecture 8 (5 February): R, Chapter R8
• Lecture 9 (7 February): R, Chapter R9
• Lecture 10 (12 February): R, Chapter R10
• In-class mid-term (14 February)
• Lecture 11 (19 February): T, Chapter T1
• Lecture 12 (21 February): T, Chapter T2
• Lecture 13 (26 February): T, Chapter T3
• Lecture 14 (28 February): T, Chapter T4
• Lecture 15 (4 March ): T, Chapter T5
• Lecture 15 (6 March ): T, Chapter T6
• Lecture 17 (11 March): T, Chapter T8
• Lecture 18 (13 March): T, Chapter T9

Supplementary Readings:

• Weeks 1-5: ECPM and EMC2.
• Weeks 5-6: C, Chaos, Odds, CAO.
• Last lecture: IAEN, ROIC.