Reading &
Homework Assignments
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Check this page often as it will be updated
as the course procedes.
Questions are marked Q and Exercises
E.
All the page numbers are refereed to the textbook
Kirkpatrick & Wheeler:
Physics, A World View (4th Edition)
At the end of the
textbook you can find the solutions of the questions and exercises
with odd numbers. Use them just to check the correctness of your answers!
If you find you make too many mistakes contact your TA or instructor
as soon as possible!
Extra Material:
below yo find links (in the "Read" column) to the extra material used
during the lectures. You will need MS Power Point or equivalent program
to see the support slides (these are saved in pps format = power point
show) files. Other are just links to web pages and Java applets. Some
material is in pdf format.
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Week
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Read
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Extra Material
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Fun
Stuff
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Homework
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I: 1/27-31
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Prologue,
Ch.1
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A
timeline of scientific progress
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Set 1
Page 22, Q: 13,35,38 (Wed.)-41,47,59
(Fri.)
Page 25, E: 5, 9,15 (Wed.)- 19,20,21(Fri.)
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II: 2/3-7
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Ch.2
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Set 2
Page 47, Q: 1,3,7,9,10,15 (Mon.)-17,21,26
(Wed.)-39,43,59 (Fri.)
Page 50, E: none (Mon.)-1,7,11 (Wed.)-2,12,23
(Fri.)
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III: 2/10-14
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Ch.3
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Projectile
Motion Java Applet
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Set
3
Page 71, Q: 1,3,7 (Wed.)-9,13,21
(Fri.)
Page 76, E:1,7,9,10 (Wed.)-11,14,23 (Fri.)
Extra set - Page 76, E:13,17,25 (Fri.)
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IV: 2/17-21
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Ch.4
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Chapter
4
Support Slides
A
brief history of cosmology
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Newton's
cannon Java Applet
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Set
4
Page 98, Q: 5-12-21 (Fri.)-17,23,31
(Mon.)
Page 101, E: 2,5,9 (Fri.)-11-17-20 (Mon.)
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V: 2/24-28
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Ch.5
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Examples
of standard collisions
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Elastic
Collision Applet
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Set
5
Page 123, Q:7,13,23
(Wed.)-25,29,39 (Fri.)
Page 127, E:3,9,12 (Wed.)-17,21,23 (Fri.)
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VI: 3/3-7
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Ch.6
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Set 6
Page 152, Q:1,3,12 (Mon.)-15,19,21 (Wed.)-
22-23-46 (Fri.)
Page 156, E:1,3,4 (Mon.)-5,8,17 (Wed.)-20,21,22
(Fri.)
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VII: 3/10-14
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Ch.7
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Set
7
Page 180, Q: 10,17,18,20 (Wed.)-38,41,49,50
(Fri.)
Page 207, E: 1,4,5,6 (Wed.)-17,19,21,23 (Fri.)
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VIII: 3/17-21
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Ch.8
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Set
8
Page 203, Q:3,7,11 (Mon.)-21,23,29 (Wed.)-
43-49-57 (Fri.)
Page 207, E:1,3,5 (Mon.)-9,13,15 (Wed.)-
17,19,20 (Fri.)
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IX: 3/24-28
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NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK
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NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK
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X: 3/31-4/4
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Ch.9
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Set
9
Page 229, Q:1,5,7
(Mon.)-8,11,25 (Wed.)- 35,38,40 (Fri.)
Page 233, E:1,3,5 (Mon.)-7,9,11 (Wed.)-
15,17,21 (Fri.)
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XI: 4/7-11
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Ch.10
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FAQ
about
Stirling enginess
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Maxwell's Demon
&
Maxwell's
Demon game
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Set 10
Page 252,
Q:4,6,9 (Mon.)-13,19,30 (Wed.)- 45-51-55
(Fri.)
Page 255, E:1,5,9 (Mon.)-11,13,15 (Wed.)-
18,19,22 (Fri.)
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XII: 4/14-18
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Ch.11
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Coriolis
Force on Earth
Chapter
11
Support Slides
Bad
Coriolis
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Coriolis's
Effect game
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Set
11
Page 279, Q:3,13,23,58 (Fri.)
Page 284, E: 1,7,11,16,19 (Fri.)
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XIII: 4/21-25
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Ch.12
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Simultaneous
events
Special Relativity
support site
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Set
12
Page 307, Q:9,15,24,41 (Mon.)
Page 311, E: 1,11,15,17 (Mon.)
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Ch.13
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Gravity
and light
Observation
of an "Einstein ring"
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No homework for this chapter
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XIX: 4/28-5/2
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Ch.19
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Set 13
Page 491,
Q:3,5,7,15,17,31 (Mon.)-
35,37,41 (Wed.)
Page 495, E:1,3 (Mon.)-7,9,13,17,21,25
(Wed.)
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XX: 5/5-9
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Ch.22
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Atomic
absorption and emission spectra
Black
body radiation
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Black
body radiation applet
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Set
14
Page 578, E:1,3,5,7,9,11,15,19,21,23
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XXI: 5/12-16
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Epilogue
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5/21
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Final Exam
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