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Fall 2003, Section 1
718 Pupin, x4-3308
Pupin Hall, Room 301 - two floors below the fifth floor campus entrance to Pupin. Go down either set of stairs, turn left to end of hall.
(Entry to the lecture hall is also available on the 4th floor. If you arrive late or leave early, please use this.)
"Fundamentals of Physics", 6th ed.
(with metro media CD)
Chapters 1-15, 19-21
What's New?
- 4-Sep-02: Welcome to Physics 1401!
Check this section of the web pages regularly for new announcements. "The last shall be first."
Course Topics for This Semester
Mechanics:
- Particle Kinematics & Dynamics
- Motion in 1, 2 and 3 Dimensions
- Force, Momentum and Newton's Laws
- Reference Frames
- Work and Energy
- Work Defined
- Kinetic and Potential Energy
- Conservation Laws
- Power
- Systems of Particles
- Center of Mass
- Motion of Extended Objects
- Collisions
- Elastic and Inelastic
- Rotational Kinematics & Dynamics
- Angular Motion
- Torque and Angular Momentum
- Static Equilibrium
- Gravitation
- Fluid Mechanics
Thermodynamics
- Laws of Thermodynamics
- Temperature and Heat
- Thermal Expansion
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Laws
- Ideal Gases
- Kinetic Theory
- Statistical Mechanics
- Entropy and the Direction of Time
- Heat Engines and Refrigerators
Last updated: 8/28/03 Modified from design by Sandrine Evans