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| The lecture notes below are from Spring 2006 until this semester's have been added. You can usually use the Spr06 versions to read ahead for class. Even if the Spr07 version is substantially different, it is usually a different perspective rather than different material. Reading assignments are from the course text: Physics: Concepts and Connections by Hobson |
| Lecture 1 | Chap 1 |
Pre-Newtonian physics |
Mon. 1/22 |
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| Lecture 2 | Chap 3 |
Galileo's observations |
Wed. 1/24 |
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| Lecture 3 | Chap 3 |
Speed, and accleration |
Fri. 1/26 |
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| Lecture 4 | Chap 4 |
Momentum |
Mon. 1/29 |
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| Lecture 5 | Chap 4 |
Newton's Laws |
Wed. 1/31 |
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| Lecture 6 | Chap 5 |
Law of Gravity |
Fri. 2/2 |
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| Lecture 7 | Chap 5 |
More gravity |
Mon. 2/5 |
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| Lecture 8 | Chap 6 |
Work and Energy |
Wed. 2/7 |
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| Lecture 9 | Chap 6 |
Potential Energy and Power |
Fri. 2/9 |
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| Lecture 10 | HE1 Review |
Review for Exam #1 |
Mon. 2/12 |
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| Lecture 11 | Chap 8 |
Waves |
Fri. 2/16 |
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| Lecture 12 | Chap 8 |
Sound and Water Waves |
Mon. 2/19 |
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| Lecture 13 | Chap 8 |
Interference & Resonance |
Wed. 2/21 |
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| Lecture 14 | Chap 8 |
More resonance |
Fri. 2/23 |
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| Lecture 15 | Chap 8 |
EM Waves, electricity |
Mon. 2/26 |
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| Lecture 16 | Chap 9 |
EM waves, magnetism |
Wed. 2/28 |
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| Lecture 17 | Chap 10 |
Reference frames & relativity |
Fri. 3/2 |
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| Lecture 18 | Chap 10 |
Relativity of Time & Space |
Mon. 3/4 |
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| Lecture 19 | Chap 10
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The Space-Time Continuum |
Wed. 3/6 |
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| Lecture 20 | Chap 11 |
Energy and Relativity |
Fri. 3/8 |
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| Lecture 21 | HE2 review |
Review for Exam 2 |
Mon. 3/12 |
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| Lecture 22 | Chap 11 |
General Relativity |
Fri. 3/16 |
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| Lecture 23 | Chap 13 |
Quantum: Particles of light |
Mon. 3/19 |
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| Lecture 24 | Chap 13 |
Quantum: Matter Waves |
Wed. 3/21 |
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| Lecture 25 | Chap 14 |
The Wavefunction |
Fri. 3/23 |
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| Lecture 26 | Chap 14 |
Quantum States |
Mon. 3/26 |
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| Lecture 27 | Chap 14 |
Atoms |
Wed. 3/28 |
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| Lecture 28 | Chap 14 |
Quantum Tunneling |
Fri. 3/30 |
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| Lecture 29 | Quantum Computing |
Mon. 4/9 |
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| Lecture 30 | Chap 15 |
The Nucleus |
Wed. 4/11 |
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| Lecture 31 | Chap 15 |
Radioactive Decay |
Fri. 4/13 |
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| Lecture 32 | HE3 review |
Review for Exam 3 |
Mon. 4/16 |
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| Lecture 33 | Chap 16 |
Fission |
Fri. 4/20 |
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| Lecture 34 | Chap 16 |
Fusion |
Mon. 4/23 |
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| Lecture 35 | Chap 18 |
Particles and Fields |
Wed. 4/25 |
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| Lecture 36 | Chap 18 |
Particles and Interactions |
Fri. 4/27 |
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| Lecture 37 | Chap 18 |
Quarks and Gluons |
Mon. 4/30 |
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| Lecture 38 | Chap 18 |
The Weak Interaction |
Wed. 5/2 |
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| Lecture 39 | Unification, the Higgs Boson |
Fri. 5/4 |
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| Lecture 40 | String Theory |
Mon. 5/7 |
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| Lecture 41 | HE4 review |
Review for Exam 4 |
Wed. 5/9 |