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Geller is a pretty cool. Teacher. When speaking to him, he seems like a pretty nice guy. His lectures are somewhat helpful. You have to go over the chapters also though. His class takes up a lot of your time which is stressful but if you try hard it is not that bad. Masteringphysics homework gets annoying after a while but is crucial.

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Never had any prior classes in physics. Didn't do very well on the midterms, but with the curve I ended up with a B-. Get help from CLAS and use his office hours. Do well on HW because that's worth equally as a midterm. Does very fun and cool demos in class and class is rarely boring, except the lecture on Astrology.

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he is hot. ya and he is hilarious. it's hard but read your book and it's all good. cheat sheets kick ass.

the f-ing ****. demos are great but you will not get an A probibly a B+/A-

Good teacher. Lots of interesting demos to keep you awake. Lets you have a cheat sheet with notes for midterms and final, which is a huge help.

I'll give him a chili because he was awfully upset when he found out no one gave him a chili here.

Great professor. Had lots of demos which made class fun. Sometimes I felt he needed more examples and less off-topic discussions. Exams were fair considering we were allowed cheat sheets, a calculator and he curves. He was very personable. Ton's of homework. Keep up with the homework because they are worth as much as an exam.

wonderful professor...he uses lots of demos to explain concepts, his exams of fair, and he's personable. I started his class hating physics, and I'm now considering a physics major.

Very entertaining! Likes to connect physics to life sciences. His tests are hard though.

Fair class, we were given cheat sheets and calculators for tests. Can have somewhat hard test but gives u a syllabus of whats going to be on it. Fun demos, good personality and funny. The only downside is that too many fun demos less teaching. Needs to teach the material more and not go off on astronomy tangents. Over good prof. with a curve.

Makes lectures fun with demos, but doesnt always teach enough. You have to do all the reading and homework to learn. Nice and funny guy. The 1st midterm was really hard, but they get easier if you know what youre doing.

Though the class and exams may seem tough, the curve makes everything ok. As long as you're somewhat prepared and have all the formulas on the sheet for the exams, you should be just fine! He makes class fun with his demonstrations and weird reactions to them!

This guy is awesome. He's great at explaining everything, and does cool demos in lecture. And the tests are extremely easy, i dont know why everyone complains.

kinda hard but funny and wants to help

Fun and nice. Very helpful. Great demonstrations end engaging lectures.

He's a chill guy. He loves Astro which makes it fun to hear him talk about things like the multiverse. Hw is through Achieve which is not my favorite but its manageable although kinda annoying. For a GE though, it does take a lot of time for reading and then rereading to study.

Prof Geller was very thorough with his lectures, you should go to lecture if you want to understand the material fully, along with reading all the chapters assigned. If you're interested in this topic, its not hard to pay attention and grasp the concepts, if you're not interested, its probably going to be rlly hard. Lots of hw too, but easy.

I was placed into his class because the other sections were full and was a little nervous due to the other rate my professor ratings. However! Geller is my favorite teacher at UCSB so far, even as someone who isn't fond of physics. You will succeed if you understand problems from HW, textbook, and assigned practice problems (not rote memory).

I adored Geller's Astro 1 class. You can tell he loves teaching it. The class was thought-provoking and made me appreciate life more. If understanding the universe, stars, planets, and other celestial phenomena sounds boring to you don't take the class. His physics courses artificially lower his rating. Don't let that deter you from taking Astro 1!