1 Monday (W1)

Introduction

Writing answers to HW questions
9 Rules for Typography in Physics
A quick guide to LaTeX
Introduction to Term Project

* Ethan's OneNote Class Notes
* SEWHA Ch 8 - Hydroelectricity
Videos:
* Magnitude Analysis by Simon Clark (4min30sec)
* David MacKay Lecture, author of SEWHA.

2 Wednesday

Hydroelectric power from a coarse-grained model.

*Reading Assignment - 3 pages from the book "Scale" by Geoffrey West.
*Also available in plain text

3 Friday

Energy for transportation - a coarse-grained model.

SEWHA Ch 3 - Cars
SEWHA Appendix A: Cars II

HW week 1 (w/ Solution)
HW week 1 (pdf)

4 Monday (W2)

Energy for transportation - refining and applying

TEDx Talk by Sanjoy Mahajan (aerodynamics)

5 Wednesday

Wind energy - a coarse-grained model.

SEWHA Ch 4: Wind
SEWHA Appendix B: Wind II

6 Friday

Uncertainty - from age of universe to air density.

HW week 2 (w/ Solution)
HW week 2 (pdf)

7 Monday (W3)

Size scale and energy scale of nuclei

8 Wednesday

Nuclear Physics Continued

9 Friday

Nuclear Physics Continued

Homework 3 (w/ Solution)
Homework 3 (pdf)

10 Monday (W4)

Energy flow. Energy conservation. The need to define entropy.

"6 Ideas Unit T" by Thomas Moore:

Ch 2 (first half of chapter) pages 20-24 “Macrostates and microstates”
Ch 3 pages 38-47 “Entropy and Temperature”

Youtube videos:

How entropy powers the Earth 3 minute video by MinutePhysics

Entropy Introduction

11 Wednesday

Entropy, continued

12 Friday

Midterm

Practice midterm (not to be turned in) (w/ Solution)
Practice midterm (not to be turned in) (pdf)

13 Monday (W5)

Entropy Continued

"6 Ideas Unit T" by Thomas Moore:

Section T5.4 Equipartition Theorem

14 Wednesday

Entropy Continued

15 Friday

Entropy continued

HW Week 5
HW Week 5 (pdf)

16 Monday (W6)

Equipartition Theorem

17 Wednesday

Quantum mechanics: Introduction to the Schrodinger equation, wavefunctions describing matter waves.

18 Friday

Quantum mechanics: Introduction to partial differential equations and functions of space and time.

"6 Ideas Unit Q" by Thomas Moore:

Chapter 1 pages 4-12 Wave Models
Chapter 2 pages 20-29 Standing Waves and Resonance

HW Week 6
HW Week 6 (pdf)

Quantum

"6 Ideas Unit Q" by Thomas Moore:

Chapter 11 “Spectra”
Chapter 5 “The Wave Nature of Particles (de Broglie wavelength)”
Section 10.3 “A Quanton in a Box”

Videos to watch:

Electron microscopes explained by Physics Girl

19 Monday (W7)

Partial Differential Equations

Walt Lewin's PDE Lecture, 10-minutes

Draft of Term Project
Draft of Term Project (pdf)

20 Wednesday

Musical Instruments

21 Friday

Musical Instruments

Week 7 HW
Week 7 HW (pdf)

22 Monday (W8)

Quantum Light Emission

23 Wednesday

Quantum, E = hf

Light Emission - Practice for Midterm
Light Emission - Practice for Midterm (pdf)

24 Friday

Midterm 2

25 Monday (W9)

MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

26 Wednesday

Planck's Law of Radiation

27 Friday

Planck's Radiation Law

HW Week 9
HW Week 9 (pdf)

28 Monday (W10)

Climate Models

29 Wednesday

Climate Models

30 Friday

Climate Models

Week 10 HW
Week 10 HW (pdf)

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