Note: no prior
knowledge of physics is assumed, but you will be using simple algebra,
trigonometry, and calculation.
If you prefer a non-mathematical approach to the
ideas of physics, try PHYS 1301 Ideas of
Modern Physics
From elementary calculations to the unsolved mysteries of
the universe for non-scientists!
PHYS
1313 Fundamentals of Physics
Fall 2009
Note: no prior
knowledge of physics is assumed, but you will be using simple algebra,
trigonometry, and calculation.
If you prefer a non-mathematical approach to the
ideas of physics, try PHYS 1301 Ideas of
Modern Physics
|
From elementary calculations to the unsolved mysteries of
the universe for non-scientists!
|
PHYS
1313 Fundamentals of Physics
Fall 2009 |
LECTURER: Dr. Simon Dalley
Required Text:
J.D. Cutnell and K.W. Johnson, Physics , 7th edition,
John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 0-471-66315-8 (Vol 1 & 2)
· Lecture: MW 1:00-1:50 pm in 158 Fondren Science.
· Laboratory Sessions: Tu. 1:00-2:50 pm, 3:00-4:50 pm in 60 Fondren Science.
· Office hours: 207 Fondren Science, Tuesday 11:00 am – Noon, or by appointment at other times.
· Help Session: With teaching assistant Yuan every Thursday 5:00 – 6:00 pm, rm 60 Fondren Science
· Contact:
o Call or leave a message at (214) 768-2109, or
o Leave a note in my mailbox in Physics Department Office, 102 Fondren Science
o send me e-mail: <sdalley@physics.smu.edu>
INFORMATION
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Rules
· Syllabus
· Recent Homework solutions.
· Click here for dispensations for Extracurricular Activities, Disabilities, and Religious Observances, and Attendance Policy
· Grades table. Lowest 2 Quizzes, 2 HWs, 1 lab are already dropped from Running Course %.
RESOURCES
· WWW resources:
o Access the Cutnell and Johnson student companion site , which includes images and simulations used in lectures, practice tests (here is a link to question numbers covered in this lecture course), guided interactive examples, etc. VERY USEFUL!
o Read about Galileo and Newton , chaps without whom PHYS 1313 could not have been taught.
o Visit the Hubble telescope to view galaxies executing circular motion.
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Watch NASA TV to see rockets and satellites
conforming to
o Energy is a useful concept for especially complicated motion, like the wiggly trajectory of an amateur rocket or a system of many objects such as the atoms in a gas.
o Check out a crash test video of how your car absorbs the impulse of a collision.
o 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).
o Pore over a microscope image gallery of material surfaces showing individual atoms and the ripples left by free electrons.
o Electricity for people allergic to algebra - Field Lines (see handout for drawing rules).
o Examine the medical technique of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) that uses solenoid magnetic fields and electromagnetic radio waves to detect water content in the body.
o Gaze at the variety of rainbows created by refraction and internal reflection of white light.
o Analyze the line spectra that exist within the spectrum of colours due to absorption of special wavelengths by atoms and play with the Bohr Model of this absorption process.
o Consult CT (Computerized Tomography) scans that use 3-dimensional arrangements of X-rays to reconstruct images for medical diagnosis.
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