Physics 132 - Fundamentals of Physics for Biologists II

You can find an overview of the text readings for this class (plus readings I am not assigning) at: Working Content II

Notes:

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Reading Assignments are online; commentary in WebAssign is due 9 PM the evening before the lecture. Assignments are due Friday at 5PM.
Attend recitation during the first week of class to do our survey and meet the prof.
Recitations and labs begin on January 30th.
The content column links to slides from the PowerPoint presentation used in class. They will be posted after the class takes place. Note that these slides only represent a skeleton of the presentation and do not include solutions to problems and questions posed, derivations, or representations of class discussions. If you miss a class, these notes do not suffice to fill you in on what happened! Be sure to check with someone who actually attended. The files are Adobe PDF files.

Date	Class	Reading	Content	Lab
4 Week 1			Recitation: Surveys	Intro to labs and peer grading
1/25	1	SNOW DAY
1/27	2		Introduction to the class and review of 131
1/29	3	6.4.2.1 Interatomic forces 6.4.2.2. Chemical bonding	Energy and chemical bonds: Clicker questions {Hints}
Week 2			Recitation: How a kinesin walks	Lab 1: Modeling fluid flow I
2/1	4	7.2.1 Organizing the idea of energy 7.2.2 Enthalpy	Energy and enthalpy Clicker question {Hints}	Quiz 1
2/3	5	7.3.1 The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: A Probabilistic Law 7.3.2 Implications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy	Entropy Clicker question {Hints}
2/5	6	7.3.2.1 Why entropy is logarithmic 7.3.2.3 A way to think about entropy -- sharing	Entropy: Examples Clicker question {Hints}	HW 1
Week 3			Recitation: Entropy and diffusion	Lab 2: Modeling fluid flow II
2/8	7	7.3.2.2 Biological consequences of the 2nd Law 7.3.2.4 Example: Entropy and heat flow	The 2nd law of thermodynamics Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 2
2/10	8	7.3.3 Motivating free energy 7.3.3.1 Gibbs free energy	Free energy Clicker questions {Hints}
2/12	9	7.3.3.1.1 Example: Free energy of an expanding gas 7.3.4 How energy is distributed: Fluctuations	Energy, enthalpy, and free energy Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 2
Week 4			Recitation: Insane in the membrane, 1: Oil & water	Lab 3: Electric forces in a fluid I
2/15	10	SNOW DAY
2/17	11	7.3.4.1 Boltzmann distribution 7.3.4.2 Boltzmann distribution and Gibbs free energy	The Boltzmann distribution, fluctuations, and entropy Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 3
2/19	12	8.1 The Electric field 8.1.2 Making sense of the idea of field	Recap: Electric charge, force, and energy: Electric fields Recap clicker questions Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 3
Week 5			Recitation: Recitation: Insane in the membrane, 2: Lipid bilayers	Lab 4: Electric forces in a fluid II
2/22	13	8.2 The electric potential	Electrostatic potential Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 4
2/24	14	8.2.1 Motivating simple electric models 8.2.1.1 A simple electric model: a line charge 8.2.1.2 A simple electric model: a sheet of charge	Electrostatic potential: examples Clicker questions {Hints}
2/26	15	8.4.1 Two parallel sheets of charge 8.4.2 The capacitor	Charged lines and sheets Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 4
Week 6			Recitation: Introduction to circuits	Lab 5: Signal transmission along nerve axons I
2/29	16	8.3.3 Dielectric constant 8.5.5 Electrical energy and power	Capacitors Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 5
3/2	17	8.3.1 Screening of electrical interactions in salt solution 8.3.1.1 Debye length 8.3.2 Nernst potential	Recap Clicker questions
3/4	18		MIDTERM 1
Week 7			Recitation: What's "free" about free energy?	Lab 6: Signal transmission along nerve axons II
3/7	19	8.5.1 Quantifying electric current 8.5.2 Resistive electric flow: Ohm's law	Capacitance: Examples Clicker questions {Hints}
3/9	20		Dielectric constrant, Debye length Clicker questions {Hints}
3/11	21	8.5.3 Ways to think about current: A toolbox of models 8.5.4 Kirchhoff's principles	Go over midterm, Nernst potential Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 5
Week 8			Recitation: Introduction to light	Lab 7: Geometric optics I
3/21	22		Moving charge, electric current Clicker question {Hints}	Quiz 6
3/23	23		Kirchhoff's principles Clicker questions {Hints}
3/25	24		Complex electric circuit examples Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 6
Week 9			Recitation: Salting out and denaturing DNA	Lab 8: Geometric optics II
3/28	25	9. Oscillations and waves 9.1 Harmonic oscillation 9.1.1 Mass on a spring	Harmonic oscillation: Force, kinematics, and energy Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 7
3/30	26	9.1.1.1 Hanging mass on a spring 9.1.1.2 The pendulum	Harmonic oscillator: Examples Clicker questions {Hints}
4/1	27	9.1.2 Damped oscillators 9.1.3 Driven oscillators: resonance	Damped and driven oscillator, resonance Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 7
Week 10			Recitation: Diatomic vibrations	Lab 9: Analyzing light spectra: Implications for living systems I
4/4	28	9.1.5 Quantum oscillators -- discrete states	Waves in 1D: pulse Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 8
4/6	29	9.2 Waves in 1D 9.2.1 Waves on an elastic string 9.2.2 Wave pulses	Wave speed Clicker questions {Hints}
4/8	30	9.2.2.1 Propagating a wave pulse - the math 9.2.3 Wave speed	Superposition Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 8
Week 11			Recitation: Spectroscopy - How does light interact with matter?	Lab 10: Analyzing light spectra: Implications for living systems II
4/11	31	9.2.4 Superposition of waves in 1D 9.2.5 Sinusoidal waves 9.2.6 Summing different wavelengths -- spectral analysis	Sinusoidal waves and Fourier analysis Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 9
4/13	32	9.2.4.1 Beats 9.2.4.2 Standing waves	Standing waves Clicker questions {Hints}
4/15	33		MIDTERM 2
Week 12			Recitation: Seeing inside the body	Lab 11: Exploring complex absorption and emission in molecules
4/18	34	10 Three models of light 10.3 The photon model of light 10.3.1 Basic principles of the photon model	The photon model of light Clicker question {Hints}
4/20	35		Go over midterm
4/22	36	10.1.1 Basic principles of the ray model 10.1.2 Flat mirrors	The ray model of light: Mirrors Clicker question {Hints}	HW 9
Week 13			Recitation: Photosynthesis	Makeup lab
4/25	37	10.1.3 Curved mirrors 10.1.3.1 Curved mirror equations 10.1.4 Lenses 10.1.4.1 Lens equations	Curved mirrors & lenses Clicker question {Hints}	Quiz 10
4/27	38	10.2.1 Electromagnetic radiation and Maxwell's rainbow 10.2.2 Huygens' principle and the wave model	The wave model of light Clicker question {Hints}
4/29	39		Guest lecture: Light in Biological Systems (Prof. Carleton)	HW 10
Week 14			Recitation: Why do we see in the visible?	Makeup labs
5/2	40	10.2.2.1 The math of Huygens' principle 10.2.3 Two-slit interference	Interference Clicker questions {Hints}	Quiz 11
5/4	41	10.2.4 Diffraction 10.2.4.1 Interference from two wide slits	Diffraction Clicker questions {Hints}
5/6	42	10.2.4.2 The Diffraction grating 10.2.4.3. What you can learn from spectra	Diffraction grating and spectra Clicker questions {Hints}	HW 11
Week 15			Last recitation and closing surveys
5/9	43	10.3.1.1 Reconciling the wave and photon model - sort of
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