Note that you should get hold of a copy of the lecture slides to guide you in your reading. These lecture slides will be available from the Copy Centre early next week. Anything that you see referred to there may be worth looking up in the index of the textbook. Laboratory sessions will not begin until week 4 of the semester. Lab-notes will also be available at the Copy Centre in week 2.
Students do the advertised reading in advance of the class, and look through the slides.
Email me any questions. I will address them in the relevant lecture. Sometimes we will have opportunity to look over the actual exam questions from previous exam papers, as they apply to material recently covered in lectures. On almost every occasion the weather outside will be better than that inside the lecture theatre. For this reason, and as a matter of courtesy to fellow students, please take advantage of the areas outside the lecture theatre for conversations.