Syllabus, Spring 2007
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| Week 1 Jan. 22 |
Jan 22 Pre-Newtonian physics Read Chap 1 |
Jan 24 Galileo's observations Read Chap 3 |
Jan 26 Speed, accel., momentum Read Chap 3 |
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| Week 2 Jan. 29 |
Jan 29 Newton's Laws Read Chap 4 |
Jan 31 Newton, cont. Read Chap 4 |
Feb 2 Gravity Read Chap 5 |
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| Week 3 Feb. 5 |
Feb 5 More Gravtity Read Chap 5 |
Feb 7 Work and Energy Read Chap 6 |
Feb 9 Potential Energy and Power Read Chap 6 |
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| Week 4 Feb. 12 |
Feb 12 Review for Exam #1 |
Feb 14 In-class exam 1 |
Feb 16 Waves Read Chap 8 |
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| Week 5 Feb. 19 |
Feb 19 Superposition/interference Read Chap 8 |
Feb 21 Interference & Resonance Read Chap 8 |
Feb 23 More resonance Read Chap 8 |
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| Week 6 Feb. 26 |
Feb 26 EM Waves, electricity Read Chap 8 |
Feb 28 EM Waves, magnetism Read Chap 9 |
Mar 2 Relativity of Time & Space Read Chap 10 |
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| Week 7 Mar. 5 |
Mar 5 Relativity of Time & Space Read Chap 10 |
Mar 7 The Space-Time Continuum Read Chap 10 |
Mar 9 Energy and Relativity Read Chap 10 |
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| Week 8 Mar. 12 |
Mar 12 Review for Exam 2 |
Mar 14 In-class Exam 2 |
Mar 16 General Relativity Read Chap 11 |
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| Week 10 Mar. 19 |
Mar 19 |
Mar 21 Quantum: Matter waves Read Chap 13 |
Mar 23 The Wavefunction Read Chap 13 |
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| Week 11 Mar. 26 |
Mar 26 Quantum States Read Chap 14 |
Mar 28 Quantum: Atoms Read Chap 14 Essay topic, para. due |
Mar 30 Uncertainty principle, tunneling Read Chap 14 |
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Week 12 |
Apr 2 Spring Break |
Apr 4 |
Apr 6 Spring Break |
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| Week 13 Apr. 9 |
Apr 9 Entanglement: Quantum comp Read Chap 14 |
Apr 11 The nucleus Read Chap 15 |
Apr 13 Radioactivity Read Chap 15 Essay outline & ref due |
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| Week 14 Apr. 16 |
Apr 16 Review for Exam #3 |
Apr 18 In-class Exam 3 |
Apr 20 Fission, fusion Read Chap 16, HW10 due |
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| Week 15 Apr. 23 |
Apr 23 Fusion Read Chap 16 |
Apr 25 Particles and fields Read Chap 18 |
Apr 27 Quarks and gluons Read Chap 18 |
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| Week 16 Apr. 30 |
Apr 30 The weak interaction Read Chap 18 |
May 2 Unification, Higgs Boson Read Chap 18 Essay due |
May 4 Cosmological consequences |
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Week 17 |
May 7 Quantum gravity, string theory |
May 9 Review for exam 4 |
May 11 In-class exam 4 |