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Brief summary of lectures and readings | ||
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| (Click below for lecture notes) | Brief summary | Reading assignment for next class |
| Lecture 1: (and in-class questions ) Wed , Jan 19, 2000 |
Discussion of
administrative stuff.
Review 2010, what is physics 2020 about? Intro to electrostatics | For next time, read Ch. 16.1-16.4 |
| Lecture 2: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Jan 21, 2000 | Electrostatics, charging by induction, intro to Coulomb's law. | For next time, read: 16.5, 16.6, (start 16.7: p. 486) |
| Lecture 3: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Jan 24, 2000 | Coulombs law, vector addition | For next, read all of 16.7-9 (16.10 is optional, but pretty cool) |
| Lecture 4: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Jan 26, 2000 | Electric fields, and field lines | For next read 17.1-4 (please see my lecture notes, ( scanned , or pdf ) if you find 17.1 confusing!) |
| Lecture 5: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Jan 28, 2000 | Electric work, and potential. | For next, read 17.4-8, but note: 17.6 is optional. |
| Lecture 6: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Jan 31, 2000 | Equipotentials | For next, read 17.9-11 (We'll be doing a simple EKG lab later this semester) |
| Lecture 7: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Feb 02, 2000 | The "eV unit", capacitors. | For next, read 18.1-3 |
| Lecture 8: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Feb 04, 2000 | Capacitors and dielectrics, stored energy. Intro to batteries. | For next, read 18.3 and 18.4 (18.5 is optional) |
| Lecture 9: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Feb 07, 2000 | CRT's. More on batteries, currents, + exam review. | For next, no reading assignment. (Exam is Tuesday evening!) |
| Lecture 10: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Feb 09, 2000 | Resistors and resistivity | For next Read 18.6-8 |
| Lecture 11: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Feb 11, 2000 | Power, intro to AC circuits | For next, Read 19.1-2 |
| Lecture 12: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Feb 14, 2000 | AC circuits, intro to resistors in parallel and series | For next, Read 19.3-19.4 |
| Lecture 13: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Feb 16, 2000 | Circuits, parallel and series. | For next: read 19.5, 19.10 (We'll come back to 19.7 and 9 next) |
| Lecture 14: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Feb 18, 2000 | More circuits, Kirchoff's laws. | For next: read 19.7 and 19.9 (we're skipping 19.6, 8, and 11) |
| Lecture 15: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Feb 21, 2000 | More on Kirchoff, and RC Circuits | For next: read 20.1, and 20.2 |
| Lecture 16: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Feb 23, 2000 | Finish RC circuits | For next read Ch. 20.3, 20.4 |
| Lecture 17: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Feb 25, 2000 | Introduction to magnetism, and magnetic forces | For next read 20.5, and 20.6 |
| Lecture 18: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Feb 28, 2000 | Magnetic forces, right hand rules. | For next: read 20.7 and 20.9. (20.8 is MOSTLY optional. Read the first paragraph up to formula 20-7. You won't need to use that formula in any homework problems, but the IDEA that you can figure out B if you know the currents is what matters. Look at figure 20-27: convince yourself qualitatively that the pictures make sense to you.) |
| Lecture 19: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Mar 1 2000 | Magnetic fields from wires, and forces | For next: Read 20.10, 20.12, 20.13. |
| Lecture 20: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Mar 3, 2000 | Magnetic torque, devices, magnetic objects. | For next: Read 21.1, 21.2 |
| Lecture 21: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Mar 6, 2000 | Crossed E and B fields, finish up Ch 20 Also, exam review. | For next, no reading. (Exam is tomorrow at 7:30) |
| Lecture 22: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Mar 8, 2000 | Faraday's law, Lenz's law. EMF | For next, read 21.3, 21.5 , 21.6 |
| Lecture 23: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Mar 10, 2000 | More on EMF, Electric generators, Eddy currents. Intro to transformers | For next read 21.7, and 8 (Skipping 9 on) |
| Lecture 24: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Mar 13, 2000 | Transformers, Finishing up Ch 21. | For next read 22.1, 22.3, 22.5, 22.8 |
| Lecture 25: (and in-class questions Wed, Mar 15, 2000 | Electromagnetic radiation | For next read 23.1, 23.2 |
| Lecture 26: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Mar 17, 2000 | EM spectrum | For next read 23.4, 5 (23.3 is completely optional) (NOTE! For lab, next week, 23.7-9 is useful!) |
| Lecture 27: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Mar 20, 2000 | Intro to optics, light rays and mirrors, Snell's law. | For next read Ch. 23.6,7,8 |
| Lecture 28: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Mar 22, 2000 | Snell, Total internal reflection, intro to lenses | For next, read 23.9 (23.10 and 11 are purely optional) |
| Lecture 29: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Mar 24, 2000 | Demos, funs stuff, review, a little new material on lenses. | For next: 25.1, 25.2, and catch up on your reading! (We'll do the first four sections of CH. 25 after the break, and then go back to Ch. 24) |
| Spring break: Mon-Fri, Mar 27-31, 2000 | Enjoy your break. | (Catch up on your reading, we'll be working on Ch. 25.1 and 2 soon after we get back) |
| Lecture 30: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Apr 3, 2000 | Lenses, applications of lenses, ray diagrams | For next read Ch. 25.3, 4 |
| Lecture 31: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Apr 5, 2000 | More examples of lenses and ray diagrams. | For next, read 24.1-3 |
| Lecture 32: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Apr 7, 2000 | Intro to wave properties of light | For next read Ch.24.4 and 24.5 |
| Lecture 33: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Apr 10, 2000 | Diffraction and interference, spectra. Brief exam review | For next, no reading assignment (Exam tomorrow) |
| Lecture 34: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Apr 12, 2000 | More on diffraction, interference, and spectra. Single slit. | For next read Ch. 24.6,7,10 (8 and 9 is optional) |
| Lecture 35: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Apr 14, 2000 | Finishing up diffraction and interference. Intro to polarization. | For next, read Ch. 24.11, 27.1 and 2 |
| Lecture 36: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Apr 17, 2000 | Finish up polarization. Why is the sky blue? Intro to quantum physics. | For next read Ch. 27.3, 4 |
| Lecture 37: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Apr 19, 2000 | Blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect | For next read Ch. 27.5, 6 |
| Lecture 38: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Apr 21, 2000 | Photoelectric | For next, read Ch. 27.8-10 (note, 27.7 is optional) |
| Lecture 39: (and in-class questions ) Mon, Apr 24, 2000 | Compton, and deBroglie. | For next, read Ch. 27.10 and start 11 |
| Lecture 40: (and in-class questions ) Wed, Apr 26, 2000 | Atoms, the Bohr Model | For next, read Ch. 27.11, 28.1-2 |
| Lecture 41: (and in-class questions ) Fri, Apr 28, 2000 | The Bohr model. | For next, read Ch. 28.3, 4, 5 |
| Lecture 42: (and in-class questions ) Mon, May 1, 2000 | Intro to Quantum Mechanics, and the wave function. (+ FCQ's) | For next, read 28.6, and 7 (last reading assignment of the semester!) |
| Lecture 43: (and in-class questions ) Wed, May 3, 2000 | Quantum mechanics and atoms | For next, catch up, we're done with reading asssignments! |
| Lecture 44: (and in-class questions ) Fri, May 5, 2000 | Finishing up, and review... | Last Class! Good luck on the final on Wed, 7:30PM. I've had a great time teaching you, hope you enjoyed this course! |
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