21st Century Science

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Syllabus
Schombert's Schedule
Academic Calendar
Geometry Junkyard
Greek Alphabet
Exponents and Logarithms
Periodic Table
Temperature Scale

Lectures:

    Macroscopic World
  1. Jan 07: Philosophy of Science
  2. Jan 09: Mathematics
  3. Jan 11: Newtonian Physics
  4. Jan 14: Electromagnetism
  5. Jan 16: Atomic Theory
  6. Jan 18: Special Relativity
  7. Jan 23: General Relativity
  8. Jan 25: Complexity/Chaos
  9. Jan 28: Evolution
  10. Jan 30: Exam #1
    Microscopic World
  1. Feb 01: Atomic Structure
  2. Feb 04: Wave/Particle Duality
  3. Feb 06: Two-slit Experiments
  4. Feb 08: Uncertainty Principle
  5. Feb 11: Copenhagen Interpretation
  6. Feb 13: Elementary Particles
  7. Feb 15: Theory of Everything
  8. Feb 18: Time Travel
  9. Feb 20: Exam #2
    Cosmology
  1. Feb 22: Creation
  2. Feb 22: Expanding Universe
  3. Feb 25: Dynamics of the Universe
  4. Feb 27: Dark Matter/Dark Energy
  5. Feb 29: Unification
  6. Mar 03: Inflation
  7. Mar 03: Baryongenesis
  8. Mar 12: CMB
  9. Mar 12: Anthropic Principle
  10. Mar 14: Exam #3

Readings: Labs:
By Jan 11

Key chapters in red

  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 3,12,13,14
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 6,7,8,9,10,11
By Jan 18
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 23,24,25
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 15,16,17,18
By Jan 25
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 30
By Feb 08
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 19,20,21,22
By Feb 15
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 26,27,28,29
By Feb 22
  • Harrison: Chap 1-4
By Feb 29
  • Harrison: Chap 9,10,14
By Mar 07
  • Harrison: Chap 20,22
Jan 18: Classical Mechanics

Galileo Carts (.doc)

Galileo Carts (.pdf)

Pendulum

Feb 01: Electromagnetism

Feb 15: Quantum Mechanics

Feb 29: Celestial Sphere

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