Physics 132 Physics for Biologists II

You can find an overview of the 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 10 AM the morning of the lecture.

The content column links to slides from the PowerPoint presentation used in class. They will be posted either just before or just 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	Quiz
Week 1	Recitation: None		Lab: None
9/2	1	1.Introduction to the class 1.1The disciplines: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Math 1.1.1Science as making models 1.1.4What Physics can do for Biologists 1.2 Thinking about Thinking and Knowing 1.2.1 The nature of scientific knowledge	Introduction to the Class & Physics Perspective on Chemical Bonds
9/4	2	6.4.1 Energy at the sub-molecular level 6.4.2 Atomic and Molecular forces	Physics Perspective on Chemical Energy
Week 2	Recitation:		Lab 6: Modelling Fluid Flow
9/9	3	Interlude 2: The Micro to Macro Connection 7. Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics 7.1 Kinetic theory: the ideal gas law 7.2 The 1st law of thermodynamics 7.2.1Organizing the idea of energy 7.2.2Enthalpy	First Law
9/11	4	7.2.3Thermodynamic equilibrium and equipartition 7.3.1The 2nd law of thermodynamics: a probabilistic law	Energy Sharing and Distributions
Week 3	Recitation:		Lab 6: Modelling Fluid Flow
9/16	5	7.3The 2nd law of thermodynamics 7.3.2Implications of the second law of thermodynamics: entropy 7.3.2.1Why entropy is logarithmic 7.3.2.2Consequences of the second law of thermodynamics 7.3.2.3A way to think about entropy -- sharing 7.3.2.4Entropy and heat flow	Entropy & Second Law of Thermodynamics	Quiz 1
9/18	6	7.3.3 Free energy 7.3.3.1Motivating the Gibbs free energy 7.3.3.2Gibbs free energy	Free Energy
Week 4	Recitation:		Lab 7: Analyzing electric forces in a fluid
9/23	7	7.3.4 How energy is distributed 7.3.4.1Boltzmann distribution 7.3.4.2Boltzmann distribution and Gibbs free energy	Boltzmann Distribution & Wrapping up Thermodynamics	Quiz 2
9/25	8	4.2.4Electric forces 4.2.4.1Charge and the structure of matter 4.2.4.2Polarization 4.2.4.3Coulomb's law 4.2.4.3.1Coulomb's law -- vector character 4.2.4.3.2Reading the content in Coulomb's law 4.2.4.4The electric field	Electric charge, force, and energy
Week 5	Recitation:		Lab 7: Analyzing electric forces in a fluid
9/30	9	8.1The electric field 8.1.1The concept of field (technical) 8.1.2Making sense of the idea of field Energy sharing model	Fields: Examples and some simple models	Quiz 3
10/2	10	Review for Exam1 -Sample Questions	MIDTERM 1
Week 6	Recitation:		Lab 8 : Modelling signal transmission along nerve axons
10/7	11	8.2The electric potential 8.2.1.1A simple electric model: a line of charge 8.2.1.1.1Line charge integral (technical) 8.2.1.2A simple electric model: a sheet of charge	Electrostatic potential
10/9	12	8.4 Capacitance 8.4.4 Two parallel plates 8.4.2The capacitor	Capacitance
Week 7	Recitation:		Lab 8 : Modelling signal transmission along nerve axons
10/14	13	8.5Electric current 8.5.1Quantifying electric current 8.5.2Resistive electric flow: Ohm's law 8.5.3Ways to think about current: A toolbox of models	Moving Charges: Current	Quiz 4
10/16	14	8.5.4Kirchoff's principles 8.5.4.1 Applying Kirchoff: Examples 8.5.5Electrical energy and power	Kirchoff's Principles
Week 8	Recitation:		Lab 9 : Geometric optics through experimental observations
10/21	15	8.3.1Screening of electrical interactions in salt solution 8.3.1.1Debye length 8.3.2Nernst potential	Electric Interactions in Fluids and the Nernst Potential	Quiz 5
10/23	16	9.Oscillations and Waves 9.1Harmonic Oscillation 9.1.1Mass on a spring 9.1.1.1Hanging mass on a spring	Harmonic Oscillation
Week 9	Recitation:		Lab 9 : Geometric optics through experimental observations
10/28	17	9.1.1.2The pendulum 9.1.2Damped Oscillators 9.1.2.1Damped oscillators - the math (technical) 9.1.3Driven harmonic oscillators: resonance	Damped Oscillation	Quiz 6
10/30	18	9.1.5Quantum Oscillators -- discrete states 9.2Waves in 1D 9.2.1Waves on an elastic string 9.2.2Wave pulses 9.2.2.1Propagating a wave pulse - the math 9.2.3Wave speed 9.2.4Superposition of waves in 1D	Superposition
Week 10	Recitation:		Lab 10: Analyzing light spectra and exploring implications for living systems
11/4	19	Review for Exam2 -Sample Questions">	Catching up/ Review	Quiz 7
11/6	20	Review for Exam2 -Sample Questions Key	MIDTERM 2
Week 11	Recitation:		Lab 10: Analyzing light spectra and exploring implications for living systems
11/11	21	9.2.5Sinusoidal waves 9.2.6 Summing different wavelengths -- spectral analysis 9.3 Sound waves 9.3.1The nature of sound 9.3.2Analyzing sounds	Sinusoidal Waves
11/13	22	9.2.4.2 Standing waves	Standing Waves
Week 12	Recitation:		Lab 11: Exploring complex absorption and emission in molecules
11/18	23	10Three models of light	Three models of light	Quiz 8
11/20	24	10.1The ray model of light 10.1.1Basic principles of the ray model	The Ray Model
Week 13	Recitation:		Lab:
11/25	25	10.1.2Flat mirrors 10.1.3Curved mirrors 10.1.3.1Curved mirror equations 10.1.4Lenses 10.1.4.1Lens equations	Mirrors and Lenses	Quiz 9
11/27	26
Week 14	Recitation:		Lab:
12/2	27	10.2The wave model of light 10.2.1Electromagnetic radiation and Maxwell's rainbow 10.2.2Huygens' principle and the wave model 10.2.2.1The math of Huygens' principle 10.2.3Two-slit interference 10.2.4Diffraction 10.2.4.1Interference from two wide slits	The Wave Model
12/4	28	10.3The photon model of light 10.3.1Basic principles of the photon model 10.3.1.1Reconciling the wave and photon model - sort of	Quantization of Atomic Oscillations
Week 15	Recitation:		Makeup labs
12/9	29	10.4Color and light 10.5 Interactions of light with matter 10.5.1Visual implications	Sample Final Questions Sample Final MC Questions Sample Final Sol Provided Formulas and Constants	Quiz 10
12/11	30	10.4Color and light 10.5 Interactions of light with matter 10.5.1Visual implications	Sample Final Questions Sample Final MC Questions Sample Final Sol Provided Formulas and Constants
Final Exam
12/18	Time:	6:30 - 8:30 PM	Location:	SKN 0200

Edited by D. Buehrle August 2014