Seth J Putterman
Department of Physics
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Easiness 1.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 1.3 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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June 4, 2012

Just saw that Putterman is teaching Thermo again. To those out there considering taking him, DON'T DO IT.

He's a nice guy (if you're a physics major, he's quite happy we exist it seems) and I did find him very entertaining. I even did well in the class. What I did not do was learn anything. From polling my classmates, I'm not sure anyone did.

You might be able to get by in 115A or 110A, where you have one of Griffith's awesome texts to guide you, but this is not the case with thermo.

He reuses the same lecture notes every year,so here's what to expect:
3 different text books + photocopies from others
His lectures do not correspond to any of the material in any of these books
Hw is assigned from graduate level text and will occassionally stump the T.A.
Statistical mechanics will be ignored completely.
Your grade will be entirely dependent on what you choose to put on your index card, as he dives in far too deep too fast for anyone to understand anything.

Do yourself a favor, wait for whoever teaches it next.

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June 4, 2012

Just saw that Putterman is teaching Thermo again. To those out there considering taking him, DON'T DO IT.

He's a nice guy (if you're a physics major, he's quite happy we exist it seems) and I did find him very entertaining. I even did well in the class. What I did not do was learn anything. From polling my classmates, I'm not sure anyone did.

You might be able to get by in 115A or 110A, where you have one of Griffith's awesome texts to guide you, but this is not the case with thermo.

He reuses the same lecture notes every year,so here's what to expect:
3 different text books + photocopies from others
His lectures do not correspond to any of the material in any of these books
Hw is assigned from graduate level text and will occassionally stump the T.A.
Statistical mechanics will be ignored completely.
Your grade will be entirely dependent on what you choose to put on your index card, as he dives in far too deep too fast for anyone to understand anything.

Do yourself a favor, wait for whoever teaches it next.

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2.7
Overall Rating
Based on 7 Users
Easiness 1.2 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 1.3 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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