Course Material
Please find below links to class material, including lecture notes and supplementary slides, homework and quiz questions and solutions, and links to the exams (as available). Lecture notes will appear by the following class period.
Table of Contents
Lecture Notes and Slides
| Lecture 1 (1/18/2011) |
"Why Electricity and Magnetism?"
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| Lecture 2(1/20/2011) |
"Electric Charge and Force"
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| Lecture 3 (1/25/2011) |
"Electric Field and Simple Distributions of Charge"
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| Lecture 4 (1/27/2011) |
"Electric Fields and Their Effect on Matter"
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| Lecture 5 (2/1/2011) |
"Complex Distributions of Electric Charge: a mini-lecture"
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| Lecture 6 (2/3/2011) |
"Video Lectures: The Motion of Electric Charge; Electric Fields and Energy"
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| Lecture 7 (2/8/2011) |
"Potential and the Storage of Energy"
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| Lecture 8 (2/10/2011) |
"Capacitors"
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| Lecture 9 (2/15/2011) |
"Using Capacitors"
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| Lecture 10 (2/22/2011) |
"Electric Current"
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| Lecture 11 (2/24/2011) |
"Resistance to Electric Current"
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| Lecture 12 (3/1/2011) |
"Using Resistors"
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| Lecture 13 (3/3/2011) |
"Batteries and Circuit Analysis"
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| Lecture 14 (3/8/2011) |
"RC Circuits and an Introduction to Magnetism"
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| Lecture 15 (3/22/2011) |
"Magnetic Force"
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| Lecture 16 (3/24/2011) |
"The Origin of the Magnetic Field"
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| Lecture 17 (3/29/2011) |
"Magnetic Force between Currents"
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| Lecture 18 (3/31/2011) |
"The Magnetic Dipole Moment"
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| Lecture 19 (4/5/2011) |
"Ampere's Law"
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| Lecture 20 (4/7/2011) |
"Magnetic Induction"
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| Lecture 21 (4/12/2011) |
"Self Induction and Inductance"
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| Lecture 22 (4/14/2011) |
"The Nature of Light"
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| Lecture 23 (4/19/2011) |
"Reflection and Refraction"
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| Lecture 24 (4/21/2011) |
"Mirrors"
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| Lecture 25 (4/26/2011) |
"Lenses"
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| Lecture 26 (4/28/2011) |
"The Human Eye"
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| Lecture 27 (4/28/2011) |
"Beyond Electricity and Magnetism: Making Space and Time Play Nice with Matter and Forces"
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Homework Assignments
Below are assigned homework and solutions to the homework.
| Homework 000 (due 1/24/2011) |
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| Homework 001 (due 1/31/2011) |
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| Homework 002 (due 2/7/2011) |
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| Homework 003 (due 2/15/2011) |
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| Homework 004 (due 2/21/2011) |
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| Homework 005 (due 3/1/2011) |
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| Homework 006 (due 3/11/2011) |
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| Homework 007 (due 3/29/2011) |
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| Homework 008 (due 4/5/2011) |
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| Homework 009 (due 4/12/2011) |
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| Homework 010 (due 4/19/2011) |
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| Homework 011 (due 4/26/2011) |
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| Homework 012 (due 5/2/2011) |
Information on Significant Figures
| Significant Figures |
From Dr. Scalise's 1303 Lecture Notes:
Slides 6-10 summarize the rules and cover scientific notation
Handout on Significant Figures (from Stephen Sekula at Daniel Hand High School in CT.) |