List of Lectures Physics 102 Spring 2008
- Lecture #1, Monday, January 14th, Introduction PHY 102; Simple ideas about
waves. (Chapter 11)
- Lecture #2, Wednesday, January 16th, Resonance and
sound waves, standing waves. (Chapter 12)
Monday 21st - no lecture -- MLK day.
- Lecture #3, Wednesday, January 23rd, How do the waves mix together? Interference (Chapter 25)
- Lecture #4, Monday, January 28th, Quantitative aspects about waves (Chapter 23)
- Lecture #5, Wednesday, January 30th, Squeezing light through narrow holes. Diffraction (Chapter 25)
- Lecture #6, Monday, February 4th, Everything about electromagnetic waves (Chapter 22)
- Lecture #7, Wednesday, February 6th, Review Meeting
Monday, February 11th Exam 1
- Lecture #8, Wednesday, February 13th, The production of light by solids
(Chapter 27.2, 14.8)
- Lecture #9, Monday, February 18th, Color mixing
- Lecture #10, Wednesday, February 20th, Reflection, Refraction, Dispersion
(Chapter 23)
- Lecture #11, Monday, February 25th, Geometrical optics, lenses (Chapter 23)
- Lecture #12, Wednesday, February 27th, Polarization (Chapter 22)
- Lecture #13, Monday, March 3rd, Review Meeting
Wednesday, March 5th Exam 2
Spring Break: Sunday, March 9th to Sunday, March 16th
- Lecture #14, Monday, March 17th, Temperature, ideal gases, heat (Chapter 14)
- Lecture #15, Wednesday March 19th Laws of thermodynamics (Chapter 15)
- Lecture #16, Monday, March 24th, The photon theory of light and the photoelectric effect (Chapter 27)
- Lecture #17, Wednesday, March 26th, Quantum mechanics - the atom (Chapter 27)
- Lecture #18, Monday, March 31st, Quantum mechanics II (Chapter 28)
- Lecture #19, Wednesday, April 2nd, Quantum Mechanics III - the laser (Chapter 28)
- Lecture #20, Monday, April 7th, Molecules. Ionic and covalent bonds (Chapter 28)
- Lecture #21, Wednesday, April 9th, Review Meeting
Monday, April 14th, Exam 3
- Lecture #22, Wednesday, April 16th, Nuclear and particle physics. Radioactivity (Chapter 29)
- Lecture #23, Monday, April 21st, Relativity I(Chapter 29)
- Lecture #24, Wednesday April 23rd Relativity II
- Lecture #25, Monday 28th, Review Meeting