21st Century Science

Administrative:

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

Lectures:

    Macroscopic World
  1. Apr 03: Philosophy of Science
  2. Apr 06: Mathematics
  3. Apr 08: Newtonian Physics
  4. Apr 10: Electromagnetism
  5. Apr 13: Atomic Theory
  6. Apr 15: Special Relativity
  7. Apr 17: General Relativity
  8. Apr 20: Complexity/Chaos
  9. Apr 22: Evolution
  10. Apr 24: Exam #1
    Microscopic World
  1. Apr 27: Atomic Structure
  2. Apr 29: Wave/Particle Duality
  3. May 01: Two-slit Experiments
  4. May 04: Uncertainty Principle
  5. May 06: Copenhagen Interpretation
  6. May 08: Elementary Particles
  7. May 11: Theory of Everything
  8. May 13: Exam #2
    Cosmology
  1. May 15: Creation
  2. May 15: Expanding Universe
  3. May 18: Dynamics of the Universe
  4. May 20: Dark Matter/Dark Energy
  5. May 22: Unification
  6. May 27: Inflation
  7. May 29: Baryongenesis
  8. Jun 01: CMB
  9. Jun 03: Anthropic Principle
  10. Jun 05: Exam #3

Readings: Labs:
By Apr 10

Key chapters in red

  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 3,12,13,14
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 6,7,8,9,10,11
By Apr 17
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 23,24,25
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 15,16,17,18
By Apr 22
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 30
By May 01
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 19,20,21,22
By May 08
  • Holton/Brush: Chapters 26,27,28,29
Apr 10: Classical Mechanics

Galileo Carts (.doc)

Galileo Carts (.pdf)

Pendulum

Toasterville

Apr 20: Electromagnetism

May 04: Quantum Mechanics

May 18: Celestial Sphere

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