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Lecture Topic
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Reading
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Homework
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Supplements
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Introduction and Overview
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8/27
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1
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Scientific
Knowledge and Modern Views - Smallest Particles to the Universe
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M, L Intro.
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Hm. 1
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9/1
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No Class;
Labor Day Holiday |
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9/3
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2
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Develpment
of Scientific Knowledge: Aristotle and Plato to Galileo
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M 1
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More
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Classical Physics - from Kepler and Galileo to
Newton and Maxwell
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9/8
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3
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Mechanics:
Description of Motion - Projectiles to Principles
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M 2
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Hm. 2
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More
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9/10
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4
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Astronomy
: Problem of the Planets - Ptolemy, Brahe, Copernicus, Kepler
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M 4 +
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More
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9/15
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5
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Newton puts it together: 3 Laws and the Universal Law of Gravitation
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M 2-4
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Hm. 3
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More
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9/17
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6
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Conservation
Laws - the pinnacle of physics
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M 5, L 1
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9/22
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7
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The second law of thermodynamics and entropy
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L 2
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Hm. 4
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9/24
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8
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Waves:
strings, sound, light, … , Phenomenon of Interference |
M 7
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9/29
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9
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Review;
The
World View of Classical Physics |
added
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10/1
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Exam 1: Material through Lecture 9; March 1-5,7; Lightman 1-2.
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10/6
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10
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Solutions to Exam 1;
Electric and Magnetic Forces
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M 6
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Hm. 5
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10/8
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11
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Electromagnetic Waves and Maxwell
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M 6
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The First Modern Revolution - Relativity - Space
and Time
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10/13
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12
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Summary of Classical Physics.
Begin the revolutions of
Modern Physics: Does the Earth Really Move?
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M 8, L 3
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Hm. 6
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10/15
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13
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Special Theory of Relativity: Einstein
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M 9
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10/20
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14
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The Wedding of space and time
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M 10
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Hm. 7
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10/22
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15
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The faster you go the heavier you get: E = mc2
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M 11
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10/27
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16
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General Relativity: gravity and acceleration
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M 12
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10/29
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17
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General Relativity: curved space-time
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11/3
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18
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Review before Exam 2
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11/5
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Exam 2: Material covered in March, Chs. 6- 12, Lightman Ch. 3; Lectures
8,10-18 |
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The Second Modern Revolution - Atoms, Particles,
Quantum Mechanics
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11/10
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19
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Solutions
to Exam 2; The Big Picture - The smallest objects to the Universe
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Report
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11/12
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20
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Discovery of the electron and the nucleus; The Origins
of Quantum Mechanics: Confusion at the turn of the Century: Thomson, Rutherford, Planck,
Einstein, Bohr |
M 13,14,15
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11/17
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21
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Particles
act like waves! DeBroglie, Schrodinger |
M 16, L 4
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Hm. 8
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11/19
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22
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Does
God Play Dice? Uncertainty Principle Heisenberg |
M 17, L 4
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11/24-26
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No Class;
Thanksgiving Vacation |
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12/1
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23
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Schrodinger's
Cat: Measurement and Reality: Quantum Mechanics and Our World
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M 18
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Our world: The smallest particles to the entire
universe
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12/3
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24
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The World View of Modern Physics in 2003: Elementary
Particles, The "Standard Model, String Theory |
M 19+
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12/8
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25
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The Universe: Big Bang, Black Holes, ...
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M 20+
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12/10
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26
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Summary of entire course
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M 20+
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12/19
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FINAL EXAM Dec. 19, 7-10 PM
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