Supplementary notes will sometimes be posted to help
you review. You are of course responsible for all assigned reading, etc. in
addition to these notes.
All materials are in pdf format.
Main record of course activities is found in the running
lecture log (review of material covered)
Here is a tutorial covering basic concepts
of linear motion from the modern perspective. Try to solve the exercises
here .
Full timeline for course is
here.
Also links to a second timeline with different emphasis and this graphic placing
16-17th century astronomy in the context of other historical events.
Links to readings online are given in the syllabus.
In addition, the following resources from class are available:
- Intro slides (Aug23)
- Intro slides (Aug25)
- Greek astronomy (Aug30)
- Ptolemy (Sept1)
- Medieval physics, 1D motion (Sept6)
- Voyages of exploration (Sept8)
- Velocity and acceleration notes (Sept6)
- Voyages of exploration,
medieval philosophy (Sept13)
- Copernicus (Sept. 15)
- Copernicus/Angular motion (Sept. 20)
- Tycho Brahe (Sept. 27)
- Johannes Kepler (Sept. 29)
- Galileo life and ideas about motion (Oct. 4)
- Galileo inertia, trial(Oct. 11)
- Newton's Laws(Oct. 13)
- Newton, the apple and the moon(Oct. 18)
- Confirmation of Newton, Vis
Viva(Oct. 25)
- Era of Many Forces, Conservation laws
(Oct. 27)
- Energy conservation_2nd_law_thermo_electricity(Nov. 1)
- Magnetism/Faraday/Maxwell(Nov. 3)
- Maxwell & light, Ether, Michelson-Morley(Nov. 8)
- Quantum theory(Nov. 15)
- Measurement, knowledge and uncertainty(Nov. 29)
- General relativity, black holes, gravitational waves (Dec. 1)
- 20th century cosmology (Dec. 6)
Lab writeups
- Parallax
- Seasons
- Eratosthenes
- Motion in 1D
- Pendulum
- Acceleration due to gravity
- Force and acceleration
- Temperature and absolute zero
- Index of Refraction
- Wavelength of Light
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