Lecture Notes

Special Relativity (Introductory)

Notes for lectures I give as part of Stage 1 PHYS4011 Introduction to Optics, Astronomy and Relativity and formerly as part of PHYS3210 Mechanics and Relativity in Physics & Astronomy, University of Kent. Last taught in 2026.

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Introduction to Light

Notes for lectures I gave as part of Stage 1 PHYS3220 Waves and Fields in the School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kent. Last taught in 2022.

Electric and Magnetic Fields and Waves (Introductory)

Notes for lectures I gave as part of Stage 1 PHYS3220 Waves and Fields in the School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kent. Last taught in 2022.

Electromagnetism

Notes for lectures I gave as part of Stage 2 PHYS5013 Electromagnetism in Physics & Astronomy, University of Kent. These notes only cover the first half of the course; the remainder on induction, wave equation and relativity are taught by another academic. Last taught in 2026.

Nuclear Physics

Notes for lectures I now give as part of Stage 3 PHYS6013 Condensed Matter Physics module for the Physics & Astronomy undergraduate degree programmes at the University of Kent (and formerly as part of PHYS6660 Nuclear and Particle Physics). Last taught in Spring Term 2026.

Introduction to Microscopy

Notes for lectures I give as part of PHYS7015 Biomedical Optics, offered to physics and biomedical engineering students at the University of Kent.

Medical Physics

Notes for lectures I give as a part of PHYS6330 Medical Physics in School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kent. Last taught in 2024.