PHYS 1303
Introductory Mechanics
Summer 2012
PHYS 1303
Introductory Mechanics
Summer 2012 |
LECTURER: Dr. Simon Dalley
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Text:
Fundamentals of Physics, 9th Edition (Wiley), by David Halliday,
Robert Resnick, Jearl
Walker
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Lecture: MTuWThF, 11:00am-12:50 am, 158 Fondren Science Building
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Contact
Instructor:
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Phone (214)
768-2109
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Office 207
Fondren Science
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E-mail: <sdalley@physics.smu.edu>
INFORMATION
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Syllabus (lecture chapters, homework/quiz
due dates)
· Quizzes (only printed ones are accepted, attempt before each lecture)
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Ideal homework solution
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Practice questions with solutions (use for test
prep)
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Test grading criteria
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Test answers (available after each test)
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Final exam
instructions
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I will not be using
the WileyPlus online system, but you may use that
resource here.
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Disability Accommodations, Religious Observances,
Extracurricular Activities, Absence
RESOURCES
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Meet Galileo,
who founded Mechanics, and Newton,
who perfected it.
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Shoot
the monkey
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View
Hubble telescope pictures of other
(spiral) galaxies performing circular motion; see also the effects of the
rapidly rotating Pulsar
Neutron star in the Crab Nebula.
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Non-Inertial
frames of reference give rise to fictitious forces, such as the Coriolis force that governs large scale weather
patterns on Earth.
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Conservation
of Energy for the entire universe implies existence of Dark Energy (2011 Physics Nobel Prize)
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Check out
a crash test video of
how your
car absorbs the impulse of a collision.
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Follow the
collisions of elementary particles (protons, quarks, electrons,..) performed at the largest machines in the world, such as
the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC).
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Play with
an orbit
simulator to understand how “freely falling” objects can stay
above Earth’s surface.
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Dark Matter melodrama. Evidence
from galaxy rotation.
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(Disastrous)
resonant oscillation
of the Tacoma bridge
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Listen to sound
clips of varying intensity and frequency to determine your threshold of
hearing
PHYSICS
OPPORTUNITIES
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at SMU
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Programs