MOTION: PHYSICS and PHILSOPHY����������� Tentative SYLLABUS���������������������������� FALL 2006��� June 24 version

 

1ST CLASS MEETING:� Tuesday, September 26, 2006� 12:30 p.m. Room 2242 Lab I��� Classes MAY Meet Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 11 a.m. to 6� p.m.� The College does not assign rooms until late September.� If we get the rooms and times I�ve requested, we�ll meet 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Tu, Th, & Fri.���� Tutors available Mon & Wed afternoons�� ����Faculty:� Don Middendorf���� donm@turbotek.net� 360-867-6618

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�������������������� THURSDAY

���������������������� FRIDAY

Sep. 26:��� Overview of Year

C1, C2����� Interactions, Vectors

Introductions

C3�� Momentum Transfer

Stewart 1.1 � 1.4� Functions & Limits

 

C4, C5 Conservation of Momentum

Holton: Preface, Ch.15, 16.1 � 16.3

���������� Conservation� of Mass; Momentum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oct. 3

C6, C7� Potential Energy

Holton: Ch. 17 Conservation of Energy

Stewart 1.5 � 1.6� Continuity

 

Lab 1: Conservation of Momentum

 

C8, C9� Force, Energy, Rotational Energy

Holton: Structure and Method in Science

Ch. 12�� Nature of Concepts

Ch. 13� Duality & Growth of Science

Oct 10�

C10� Thermal Energy�

C11� Energy in Bonds

Holton: Ch. 17.1 - 17.6 Cons. of Energy

C12 Power, Collisions, and Impacts

C13 Angular Momentum

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Stewart: 2.1 � 2.3 Derivatives

C14 Conservation of Angular Momentum

Holton: 16.4 � 16.8 Collisions, Momentum

Oct 17

N1 Newton�s Laws

N2 Vectors

Holton:� Ch. 14� Discovery of Laws

Ch. 17.11 Symmetry & Conserv. Laws

Stewart 2.4 � 2.5

������������ Product, Quotient, Chain Rules

 

Lab II:� Conservation of Angular Momentum

N3 Forces from Motion

N4 Motion from Forces

Stewart 5.1 � 5.2 Definite Integral

Holton: Ch. 6 & 7 Motion, Kinematics

 

Oct 24

N5� Statics

N6� Linear Motion

Holton: Ch. 9 Newton�s Laws

N7 Coupled Objects

Lab III: Velocity and Acceleration; Sonic Rangers; Friction

Stewart 2.6 � 2.8� Implicit Differentiation

Related Rates, Linear Approximations

Holton Ch. 1 & 2: Astronomy & Copernicus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oct 31

N8 Circular Motion

N9 Noninertial Frames

Holton� Ch. 10 Rotational Motion

������������� Ch. 3� Theories & Models

Exam.� Part 1: Closed-book & Closed-notes

������������������������ Physics and Mathematics

Part 2: Open-notes (not book)� Phys/Math

Part 3: Lab Quiz� - open lab notebook

Part 4: Holton Quiz� - partly open book maybe

Faculty Retreat

Get rested & get ahead

See next week: Lots of reading for Tuesday

 

Nov. 7

N10� Projectile Motion

N11 Oscillatory Motion

Stewart 3.1 - 3.5� Trig. Functions

Stewart 5.3� Evaluat. Definite Integrals

Holton� Ch. 8 Projectile Motion

������������ Ch. 4 Kepler�s Laws

Stewart: 3.1 � 3.4� Exponential Functions

 

Lab IV: Pendulum, Springs

N12� Orbits

N13� Planetary Motion

Holton Ch. 5: Galileo

Holton Ch. 11:� Law of Gravitation

Nov. 14

R1� Principle of Relativity

R2� Synchronization of Clocks

Flatland

Stewart 3.5 � 3.7 Trigonometric Functions

Hyperbolic Functions, L�Hopital�s Rule

R3 Nature of Time

R4 Metric Equation

Stewart 4.1 � 4.2� Mean Value Theorem

Einstein Ch. I. Rise of Mechanical View

Preface & pp. 3 - 35

 

Nov. 28

R5 Proper Time

R6 Coordinate Transforms

Stewart 4.3 � 4.4

�������������� Graphs and Curve Sketching

Einstein pp. 35 - 65

Stewart 4.5 � 4.7 Newton�s Method

 

Lab V: Springs, Sound

 

R7 Lorentz Contraction

R8� Speed of Light

 

Holton Ch. 30� Relativity

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Dec 5

R9 Four Momentum

R10 Conservation of Four Momentum

Exam: Physics includes seminars & labs

Exam: Calculus

December 14 & 15� Evaluation Conferences.� Room 2002� Lab I���� Self-evaluations & evaluation of Don due at conference.

 

TEXTS:� (Don�t buy the entire set of the first book because it will all be the second edition.� We�ll use the third edition for Unit E in winter.)

Six Ideas That Shaped Physics Units N, C, R for Fall quarter 2nd edition by Thomas Moore�� McGraw Hill���� Winter: Unit E � 3rd edition

Single Variable Calculus with Early Transcendentals by James Stewart� Thompson Brooks Cole publisher� 0-495-10957-6��� (2007)

���� Be sure to get the correct calculus textbook � the same author has several different texts

Physics, the Human Adventure from Copernicus to Einstein and Beyond by Gerald Holton and Stephen Brush�� Rutgers U. Press

Flatland by Edwin Abbott� There are many editions of this book � even free ones on the Internet.� All are acceptable.

The Evolution of Physics by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld

? The Hitchhiker�s Guide to Calculus by Michael Spivak� Mathematical Association of America����� maybe optional

 

32 CREDITS:� 15 � University Physics;� 9 � Calculus (or Calculus Applications);� 4 � Philosophy of Science; �4 � History of Science

 

 

 

 

 

MOTION: PHYSICS and PHILSOPHY����������� Tentative SYLLABUS���������������� WINTER 2007��� June 24 version

 

1ST CLASS MEETING:� Tuesday, January 9, 2007� 12:30 p.m. Room 2242 Lab I�� Classes MAY Meet Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 11 a.m. to 6� p.m.� The College does not assign rooms until late September.� If we get the rooms and times I�ve requested, we�ll meet 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Tu, Th, & Fri.���� Tutors available Mon & Wed afternoons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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��������������� �����THURSDAY

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Jan 9

Overview of Quarter

E1, E2 Electrostatics & Electric Fields

Holton 24.1 � 24.9 Electrostatics, Conservation of Charge

Stewart 5.4 � 5.5, 6.1

Moore Unit N, Appendix B

Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

Substitution Rule

Integration by Parts

E3, E4� Electric Potential & Conductors

Holton 24.10 � 24.14 Potential

 

Jan 16�

E5, E6� Current and Circuits

Stewart 6.2 � 6.3� Trigonometric Integrals and Substitutions

 

Lab I:� Bulbs, Batteries, Voltmeters, Circuits with Resistance

E7� Magnetic Fields

E8� Forces on Currents

Einstein: Ch. II. Decline of Mechanical View pp. 69 � 99

Jan 23

E9�� Currents Create Magnetic Fields

E10 Gauss�s Law

Einstein Ch. II. The Decline of Mechanical View pp. 100 - 122

E11 Ampere�s Law

 

Stewart 6.2 � 6.6 Partial Fractions, Tables, Improper Integrals

E12 Calculating Fields

E13� Maxwell�s Laws

Einstein: Ch. III. Field, Relativity� pp. 125 - 192

 

Jan 30�

E14� Induction

E15� Introduction to Waves

Einstein: Ch. III Field, Relativity 192 � 245

Stewart 7.1 � 7.3 Applications of Integration

��������������������������� Areas and Volumes

Lab II:�

Magnets, RL Circuits; Oscilloscopes

E16� Electromagnetic Waves

Q1��� Standing Waves

�Holton Ch. 25� Electromagnetism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Feb 6

Q2� The Wave Nature of Light

Q3� The Particle Nature of Light

Einstein: Ch. IV Quanta 249 - 297

Exam on all material covered so far except Unit Q and last chapter of Einstein (includes physics, calculus, seminar, lab)

Q4� The Wave Nature of Matter

Q5� Spin, Complex Numbers

Quantum Enigma, Ch. 1 � 4; pp. 3 - 37

Feb 13

Q6 The Wavefunction & Rules of QM

Quantum Enigma, Ch. 5 � 6

 

Stewart 7.4� - 7.5� Arc Length,

����������������������������� Physics Applications

 

Lab III: RLC Circuits;� Waves

Q7 Bound Systems

Q8 Spectra

 

Holton, Ch. 26

Feb 20

Q9�� Atoms

Q10 Schrodinger Equation

Stewart 7.6 Differential Equations

Quantum Enigma, Ch. 7 � 9

 

 

Lab IV: Interference, Spectra

Q11� Energy Eigenfunctions

Q12� Introduction to Nuclei

Holton, Ch. 28: Bohr model

Feb 27

Q13 � Q14� Radioactivity

Holton� Ch. 27 Radioactivity

���� Ch. 30 Knowledge & Reality in QM

Q15� Fission & Fusion

T1��� Temperature

?� Stewart Ch. 8:� Power Series, Taylor Series

 

T2� Ideal Gases

T3� Gas Processes

Quantum Enigma Ch. 10 � 12 Copenhagan Interpretation and Schrodinger�s Cat

 

 

 

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Mar 6

T4� Microstates & Macrostates

T5 Second Law

Quantum Enigma Ch. 13 � 14

EPR and� Bell�s Theorem

T6� Temperature and Entropy

LabVa: Statistical Mechanics

 

Skim Unit O: (free at Six Ideas website)

Lab Vb:� Geometrical Optics, Lenses

T7� Mysteries Resolved

T8� Calculating ∆S

Holton Ch. 17 Law of Conservation of Energy (skim sections 17.1 � 17.6)

Holton Ch. 18 Dissipation of Energy (chaos)

Mar 13

T9� Heat Engines

Summary of Year

Quantum E.. Ch. 15 � 17: Consciousnes

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No Class � Study for Exams

Exams:� All Material since last exam � including physics, calculus, lab, seminar

March 22 � 23����� Evaluation Conferences�� Room 2002� Lab I������������ Self-evaluations & evaluation of Don due at conference.

 

TEXTS:

Six Ideas That Shaped Physics; Unit E 3rd edition; Units Q & T 2nd edition by Thomas Moore���� McGraw Hill�� (Unit E: 0-07-354099-4 ?)

Single Variable Calculus with Early Transcendentals by James Stewart� Thompson Brooks Cole publisher� 0-495-10957-6��� (2007)

���� Be sure to get the correct calculus textbook � the same author has several different texts

Physics, the Human Adventure from Copernicus to Einstein and Beyond by Gerald Holton and Stephen Brush�� Rutgers U. Press

Flatland by Edwin Abbott� There are many editions of this book � even free ones on the Internet.� All are acceptable.

The Evolution of Physics by Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld

Quantum Enigma; Physics Encounters Consciousness� by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner�� Oxford U. Press (2006)

? Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World�s Great Physicists� edited by Ken Wilber� Shambhala Press (get revised edition)

 

32 CREDITS:� 15 � University Physics;� 9 � Calculus (or Calculus Applications);� 4 � Philosophy of Science;� 4 � History of Science