Tim Birks

Full Name:

Prof Tim Birks

Department:

Department of Physics

Job Title:

Professor of Physics

E-mail:

t.a.birks@bath.ac.uk

Office:

8W 4.13

This is on level 4 (two levels up from the Parade) in building 8 West. Directions to the University, with links to maps of the campus, can be found here.

Postal Address:

Prof Tim Birks
Department of Physics
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY
United Kingdom

Research:

Details can be found at the Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials (CPPM) website

Teaching:

PH30101 (General Relativity): I teach the whole unit, on General relativity without tensors, in year 3 semester 2. There's a handout on non-Euclidean paper models, and an exercise exploring a time-travel paradox.

PH40086 (Photonics): I teach half the unit, on linear photonics (mostly optical fibres), in year 4 semester 2.

Details can be found on the appropriate Moodle page.

Of the units I taught in the past, I produced typeset notes on Fourier analysis (half of PH20020, Maths for Scientists 4) and Statistical mechanics (half of PH20029, Thermal Physics). They're available here in case anyone finds them helpful. (NB Bath students should note that content, notation and terminology may differ from the units as they are currently taught.)

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