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 |
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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: |
Stewart 1.5 – 1.6 Continuity Lab 1: Conservation of
Momentum |
C8, C9 Force, Energy, Rotational Energy Holton: Structure and
Method in Science |
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Oct 10 C10 Thermal Energy C11 Energy in Bonds Holton: |
C12 Power, Collisions, and
Impacts C13 Angular Momentum |
Stewart: 2.1 – 2.3
Derivatives C14 Conservation of Angular
Momentum Holton: 16.4 – 16.8
Collisions, Momentum |
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Oct 17 N1 Newton’s Laws N2 Vectors Holton: |
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: |
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Oct 24 N5 Statics N6 Linear Motion Holton: |
N7 Coupled Objects Lab III: Velocity and
Acceleration; Sonic Rangers; Friction |
Stewart 2.6 – 2.8 Implicit Differentiation Related Rates, Linear
Approximations Holton |
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Oct 31 N8 Circular Motion N9 Noninertial
Frames Holton |
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 |
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Nov. 7 N10 Projectile Motion N11 Oscillatory Motion Stewart 3.1 - 3.5 Trig. Functions Stewart 5.3 Evaluat.
Definite Integrals Holton Ch. 4 Kepler’s
Laws |
Stewart: 3.1 – 3.4 Exponential Functions Lab IV: Pendulum, Springs |
N12 Orbits N13 Planetary Motion Holton Holton |
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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 Preface & pp. 3 - 35 |
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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 Lab V: Springs, Sound |
R7 Lorentz
Contraction R8 Speed of Light Holton |
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Dec 5 R9 Four Momentum R10 Conservation of Four
Momentum |
Exam: Physics includes
seminars & labs |
Exam: Calculus |
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December 14 & 15 Evaluation
Conferences. Room 2002 Lab I Self-evaluations & evaluation of Don
due at conference. |
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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
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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TUESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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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 Fundamental Theorem of
Calculus Substitution Rule Integration by Parts |
E3, E4 Electric Potential & Conductors Holton 24.10 – 24.14
Potential |
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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: |
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Jan 23 E9 Currents Create Magnetic Fields E10 Gauss’s Law Einstein |
E11 Ampere’s Law Stewart 6.2 – 6.6 Partial
Fractions, Tables, Improper Integrals |
E12 Calculating Fields E13 Maxwell’s Laws Einstein: |
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Jan 30 E14 Induction E15 Introduction to Waves Einstein: |
Stewart 7.1 – 7.3
Applications of Integration Areas and Volumes Lab II: Magnets, RL Circuits;
Oscilloscopes |
E16 Electromagnetic Waves Q1 Standing Waves Holton |
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Feb 6 Q2 The Wave Nature of Light Q3 The Particle Nature of Light Einstein: |
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 |
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Feb 13 Q6 The Wavefunction
& Rules of QM Quantum |
Stewart 7.4 - 7.5
Arc Length, Physics
Applications Lab III: RLC Circuits; Waves |
Q7 Bound Systems Q8 Spectra |
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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 |
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Feb 27 Q13 – Q14 Radioactivity Holton |
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 |
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 Holton Ch. 18 Dissipation
of Energy (chaos) |
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Mar 13 T9 Heat Engines Summary of Year Quantum E..
Ch. 15 – 17: Consciousnes |
No Class – Study for Exams |
Exams: All Material since last exam – including
physics, calculus, lab, seminar |
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March 22 – 23 Evaluation Conferences Room 2002 Lab I Self-evaluations &
evaluation of Don due at conference. |
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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
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
? 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