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PHY 2060 Enriched Physics 1 - Fall 2013
Reading Assignments:
Reading assignments are to be completed before the appropriate lecture.
Warning: If you are reading this as a pdf on the Honors
Program website, it is likely to be out of date. You are strongly encouraged to
access PHY 2060 information on the Physics Department web site Here
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Reading |
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Reading |
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Aug. 20 |
No class |
Aug. 22 |
Secs. 2-3 to 2-6 |
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Position, velocity, acceleration |
| 2 |
Aug. 27 |
Secs. 3-2 to 3-8 |
Aug. 29 |
Secs 3-2, 4-1, 4-3, 4-6 |
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Force, mass, Newton's Laws |
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Projectile motion, relative motion |
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Sep. 3 |
Secs. 4-3 to 4-5 |
Sep. 5 |
Secs. 4-5 |
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Projectile motion, circular motion |
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Circular motion |
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Sep 10 |
Secs. 5-2 to 5-3 |
Sep. 12 |
Secs. 5-4, 6-2, 6-3 |
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Tension, normal force, frictional force |
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Circular motion, collisions, momentum |
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Sep. 17 |
Secs. 6-4 to 6-5 |
Sep 19 |
Secs. 7-3, 7-4 |
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Cons. of momentum, two-body collisions |
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Many particle systems, center of mass |
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Sep. 24 |
Secs. 7-5, 7-6 |
Sep. 26 |
Secs. 8-1 to 8-6 |
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Cons. of momentum, system of variable mass |
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Rotational motion |
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Oct. 1 |
Test 1 |
Oct. 3 |
Secs. 9-1 to 9-4 |
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Torque, rotational inertia |
| 8 |
Oct. 8 |
Secs. 9-5 to 9-7 |
Oct. 10 |
Secs. 10-1 to 10-5 |
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Rotational equilibrium |
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Translational and rotational motion |
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Oct. 15 |
Secs. 11-1 to 11-4 |
Oct. 17 |
Secs. 11-6 to 11-8 |
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Work, energy, power |
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Kinetic energy, work-energy theorem |
| 10 |
Oct. 22 |
Secs. 12-1 to 12-5 |
Oct. 24 |
Secs. 13-1 to 13-5 |
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Conservative forces, cons. of energy |
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Work, center of mass energy |
| 11 |
Oct. 29 |
Secs. 14-2 to 14-7 |
Oct. 31 |
Secs. 17-1 to 17-4 |
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Newton's law of gravity |
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Motion of planets |
| 12 |
Nov. 5 |
Review |
Nov. 7 |
Test 2 |
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Nov. 12 |
Secs. 17-5, 17-7, 17-8 |
Nov. 14 |
Sec. 20-2 |
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Oscillations, simple harmonic motion |
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Special relativity |
| 14 |
Nov. 19 |
Sec. 20-3 |
Nov. 21 |
Secs. 20-4 to 20-7 |
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Einstein's postulates |
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Lorentz transformations |
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Nov. 26 |
TBD |
Nov. 28 |
Thanksgiving |
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TBD |
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Dec. 3 |
Semester review |
Dec. 13 |
Final exam |
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