Physics 152  Spring 2003

Michael Fowler

Syllabus

 

Text: Halliday, Resnick and Walker: Fundamentals of Physics, Part 2.

 

Ch 14   Gravitation

 

Ch 15   Fluids

 

Ch 16   Oscillations

 

Ch 17&18   Waves

 

Ch 19   Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics

 

Ch 20   The Kinetic Theory of Gases

 

Ch 21   Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

 

The material will be followed in the sequence in the text, but I will cover some topics, especially fluids, in more detail, for example emphasizing dimensional analysis and introducing the Reynolds number. We will also learn how to use Excel spreadsheets to solve physics problems.