Table of Contents
Development of Science
Announcements
Nature of Exam
Nature of Exam
Overview of course (from Lecture 1)
Role of Mathematics (various )
Role of Physics in the “Big Picture”? A brief taste (from Lect. 2)
Review -- 1
Review -- 2
What do we observe in the sky?
Motion of Sun, Moon, Planets along the “Zodiac”
Problem of the Planets
In the Beginning . . . Ancient Cosmology: Babylon, Egypt, ...
Review -- 3
Timeline
Review -- 4
What observations indicate that the earth is spherical?
Measuring the earth Eratosthenes, 4th Cent. BC
Amazing Discoveries and Measurements Ancient Greece
How large is the Moon? How Far?
Earth Centered Model of Sun, Moon, Stars
Review -- 5
Alternative Pictures of the Universe: How to determine which is “correct”?
Alternative Pictures: How to determine which is “correct”?
Review of Course -- 6
Development of Classical Physics
Review of Course -- 7
Galileo and Falling Bodies
Rolling Ball on Incline
Galileo Continued
Review of Course -- 8
Newton’s Laws continued
Review of Course -- 9
Review of Course -- 10
Sample Discussion Questions
Example Problem
Example Problem
Sample Problem
Universal Law of Gravitation
Example Problem
What questions can you make for a Roller Coaster?
Other Problems
Impact of Science ( Physics)
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Author: R. M. Martin
Email: rmartin@uiuc.edu
Home Page: http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys150/fall03/index.html
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