1. PHYSICS FOR POETS

2. WINTERIM SESSION – 2001/2002 - GAMBS – Room 401 PENN - WEATHER CANCELLATION KYW# 2605 610-892-1583

3. gambs@crab.rutgers.edumlist-geol-earth jgambs@pit.edu

4. WEBPAGE: crab.Rutgers.edu/~gambs

5. TEXT: PHYSICS - CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS, HOBSON, PRENTICE HALL, 0-02-354841-X

6. OVERVIEW OF COURSE, CHAPTER 1

7. 2Mon 02 JAN CHAPTER 2, ATOMS, THE NATURE OF THINGS

8. –3Tues 03 JANCHAPTER 3, HOW THINGS MOVE - GALILEO ASKS –THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

9. CHAPTER 4, WHY THINGS MOVE AS THEY DO

10. 4Wed 04 JAN CHAPTER 5, THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO NEWTON

11. 5Thurs 05 JAN CHAPTER 6, CONSERVATION OF ENERGY - YOU CAN'T GET

12. AHEAD

13. 6Mon 09 JAN CHAPTER 7, THERMODYNAMICS - AND YOU CAN'T EVEN

14. BREAK EVEN

15. CHAPTER 17 - THE ENERGY FUTURE

16. 7Tues 10 JAN TEST

17. CHAPTER 8, LIGHT AND ELECTROMAGNETISM

18. 8 Wed 11 JAN CHAPTER 9, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

19. 9 Thurs 12 JAN CHAPTER 10, THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY –CHAPTER 13 - THE QUANTUM THEORY

20. CHAPTER 14 - THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO QUANTUM

21. THEORY

22. Review

23. 10 Thurs 19 JANFinal Exam