| Lecture #
| Day
| Date
| Topic
| Reading
| HW
|
| 1
| R
| Jan. 12
| The Spacetime Interval
| Ch. 1, T&W
| --
|
| 2
| T
| Jan. 17
| The Spacetime Interval (cont.)
| Ch. 1, T&W
|
|
| 3
| R
| Jan. 19
| The Free-Float Frame
| Ch. 2, T&W
| #1
|
| 4
| T
| Jan. 24
| Same Laws for All!
| Ch. 3, T&W
|
|
| 5
| R
| Jan. 26
| The Relativity of Simultaneity
| Ch. 3, T&W
|
|
| 6
| T
| Jan. 31
| Lorentz Transformation (LT)
| Ch. 3, Special Topic, T&W
| #2
|
| 7
| R
| Feb. 2
| LT: Addition of Velocities
| Special Topic, T&W
|
|
| 8
| T
| Feb. 7
| LT: More Applications; Twin Paradox
| Ch. 4, T&W
| #3
|
| 9
| R
| Feb. 9
| TEST I
|
|
| --
| T
| Feb. 14
| Twin Paradox(cont.); Spacetime Maps
| Ch. 4, 5, 6, T&W
|
| 10
| R
| Feb. 16
| Spacetime Maps (cont.); ``Momenergy''
| Ch. 5, 6, 7 T&W
| #4
|
| 11
| T
| Feb. 21
| Momentum and Energy; Collisions
| Ch. 7, T&W
|
|
| 12
| R
| Feb. 23
| Collisions
| Ch. 7, 8, T&W
| #5
|
| 13
| T
| Feb. 28
| Creating Mass; Producing Energy
| Ch. 8, T&W
|
|
| 14
| R
| Mar. 2
| Our Sun
| Ch. 8, T&W
| #6
|
| 15
| T
| Mar. 7
| Reflection; Refraction
| Ch. 35.1 - 35.5, S&J
|
|
| 16
| R
| Mar. 9
|
Fermat's Principle; Prisms; Rainbows
| Ch. 35.6 - 35.9, S&J
| #7
|
| --
| T
| Mar. 14
| SPRING BREAK
|
| --
| R
| Mar. 16
| SPRING BREAK
|
| 17
| T
| Mar. 21
|
Parabolic and Spherical Mirrors; Aberrations
| Ch. 36.1 - 36.2, S&J
|
|
| 18
| R
| Mar. 23
|
Spherical Mirrors; Images from Refraction
| Ch. 36.3 - 36.5, S&J
|
|
| 19
| T
| Mar. 28
|
Thin (& Thick) Lenses ; the Human Eye
| Ch. 36.6 - 36.10, S&J
| #8
|
| 20
| R
| Mar. 30
|
TEST II
|
|
| 21
| T
| Apr. 4
|
Temperature; The Ideal Gas Law
| Ch. 19.1 - 19.5, S&J
|
|
| 22
| R
| Apr. 6
|
Work and Heat; First Law of Thermodynamics
| Ch. 20.1 - 20.5, S&J
| #9
|
| 23
| T
| Apr. 11
|
Applications of the First Law of Thermodynamics
| Ch. 20.1 - 20.5, S&J
|
|
| 24
| R
| Apr. 13
|
More Applications; Energy Transfer
| Ch. 20.6 - 20.7, S&J
| #10
|
| 25
| T
| Apr. 18
|
Molecular Interpretation of Temperature
| Ch. 21.1 - 21.4, S&J
|
|
| 26
| R
| Apr. 20
|
Boltzmann Distribution Law
| Ch. 21.5 - 21.7, S&J
| #11
|
| 27
| T
| Apr. 25
|
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
| Ch. 22.1 - 22.3, S&J
|
|
| 28
| R
| Apr. 27
| Heat Engines; Reversibility; Entropy
| Ch. 22.3 - 22.8, S&J
| #12
|
| --
| R
| May 4
| FINAL EXAMINATION @
1:00 PM CP 367
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