PHYSICS FOR POETS
WINTERIM SESSION – 2001/ GAMBS – Room 401 PENN - WEATHER CANCELLATION KYW#
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TEXT: PHYSICS - CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS, HOBSON, PRENTICE HALL, X
OVERVIEW OF COURSE, CHAPTER 1
2Mon 02 JAN CHAPTER 2, ATOMS, THE NATURE OF THINGS
–3Tues 03 JANCHAPTER 3, HOW THINGS MOVE - GALILEO ASKS –THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
CHAPTER 4, WHY THINGS MOVE AS THEY DO
4Wed 04 JAN CHAPTER 5, THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO NEWTON
5Thurs 05 JAN CHAPTER 6, CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - YOU CAN'T GET
AHEAD
6Mon 09 JAN CHAPTER 7, THERMODYNAMICS - AND YOU CAN'T EVEN
BREAK EVEN
CHAPTER 17 - THE ENERGY FUTURE
7Tues 10 JAN TEST
CHAPTER 8, LIGHT AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
8 Wed 11 JAN CHAPTER 9, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
9 Thurs 12 JAN CHAPTER 10, THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY –CHAPTER 13 - THE QUANTUM THEORY
CHAPTER 14 - THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO QUANTUM
THEORY
Review
10 Thurs 19 JANFinal Exam