Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Tentative topics and dates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSCX78-8-q0
Just because it is cool.


8.27  Introduction; course philosophy; SI units
9.3  How things (don't) work
9.8  How things move, part 1: velocity, acceleration and the math of motion (1.1, 1.2)
9.10  How things move, part 2: Newton’s laws (1.2)
9.15  How things move, part 3:  Newton's laws redux (1.3)
9.17  How things move, part 4: kites and planes, Bernoulli’s principle (6.2, 6.3)
9.22  How things move in space, part 1: keeping time (4.1)
9.24  How things move in space, part 2: center of gravity
9.29   How things move in space, part 3: gravitation; Earth and Moon (4.2)
10.1  How things move in space, part 4: orbits (4.2) / test review
10.6  Exam 1
10.8  How things sound, part 1: waves and music (9.1, 9.2)
10.13  How things sound, part 2: harmonics (9.2)
10.15  How things sound, part 3: musical instruments (9.2)
10.20  How things sound, part 4: Doppler effect (9.2)
10.22  How things look, part 1: light, lasers, polarization (13.1, 14.1, 14.3)
10.27  How things look, part 2: lenses, mirrors (15.1)
10.29  How things look, part 3: optical instruments (15.1)
11.3  How things look, part 4: 3-d, optical illusions (15.1)
11.5  How things look, part 5: holograms / test review
11.10  Exam 2
11.12  How things tick, part 1: particles, static electricity (10.1, 10.2)
11.17  How things tick, part 2: circuits (10.3)
11.19  How things tick, part 3: magnetism, electromagnetism (speakers, etc.) (11.1)
11.24  How things tick, part 4: induction (microphones, pickups) (11.2)
12.1  How things tick, part 5: weirdo electrical stuff (11.2)
12.3  How things (might) work, part 1: relativity
12.8  How things (might) work, part 2: time travel
12.10 TBA - Last day of class
12.15  Final exam

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