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| Some key paragraphs from my recent emails. | {{{#!wiki news |
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| * '''As have been marked all along in the calendar of the course web site, the 2nd midterm is upon us -- it will be held next Monday (Feb 25) during class. | * My extended office hours are on Wednesday (Mar 20; 11AM -- 5PM) and Thursday (Mar 21; 9AM -- 5PM). – ~-''<<DateTime(2013-03-19T07:33:37-0700)>>''-~ * Please note that the review sheets are available in '''[[Lecture+]]'''. – ~-''<<DateTime(2013-03-18T13:58:06-0700)>>''-~ |
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| The format will be much the same as the first midterm: you are allowed your own letter-paper-sized cribsheet and there will be multiple choice questions followed by short write-up questions. | * I am pretty sure that I made this slip today. So, let me correct. On the blackboard, as I was answering A, I drew an inverted evacuated tube immersed in liquid, and indicated how high liquid will rise in that tube by 1 atm of pressure. Hg → 760 mm (''not'' 76 mm) -- this is why 1 atm is 760 mm Hg (= 760 Torr). Water → 10 m. My lecture notes and review sheets had been fine on this. It is just that on the board I quickly wrote an incorrect number, I think! Sorry, if this confused you. – ~-''<<DateTime(2013-03-18T13:58:06-0700)>>''-~ |
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| Midterm 2 will cover chapters 16, 32, 33, and 34, while the coverage of chapter 34 will be very light (cf. practice exam).''' * '''My review session has been set for Friday, Feb 22, 6-8 PM, Earth & Marine B206. Would this be OK for everyone? I am hoping that this time would be better than a Saturday time, which I chose the last time. The format of the review sessions will be similar to a previous review. I will go over basic contents. And, then do some problems.''' {{{#!wiki news * The practice exam for midterm 2 is posted. Please follow the "SQ" link above. If you answer or discuss those questions in the practice exam, you will get some extra credits. Also, practice exam 2 is available for downloading from Lecture+. – ~-''<<DateTime(2013-02-19T09:54:31-0800)>>''-~ * An extra credit question on compound microscope has just been posted. – ~-''<<DateTime(2013-02-13T15:22:18-0800)>>''-~ |
* Lecture notes (worth uploading; no repetition of textbook materials) and solutions to past homework had been constantly uploaded to the '''[[Lecture+]]''' page. You should check them out, if you have not been doing so! – ~-''<<DateTime(2013-03-15T17:50:37-0800)>>''-~ |
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Welcome to Phys 5B, 2013!
My extended office hours are on Wednesday (Mar 20; 11AM -- 5PM) and Thursday (Mar 21; 9AM -- 5PM). – 7:33AM, Mar 19, 2013
Please note that the review sheets are available in Lecture+. – 1:58PM, Mar 18, 2013
I am pretty sure that I made this slip today. So, let me correct. On the blackboard, as I was answering A, I drew an inverted evacuated tube immersed in liquid, and indicated how high liquid will rise in that tube by 1 atm of pressure. Hg → 760 mm (not 76 mm) -- this is why 1 atm is 760 mm Hg (= 760 Torr). Water → 10 m. My lecture notes and review sheets had been fine on this. It is just that on the board I quickly wrote an incorrect number, I think! Sorry, if this confused you. – 1:58PM, Mar 18, 2013
Lecture notes (worth uploading; no repetition of textbook materials) and solutions to past homework had been constantly uploaded to the Lecture+ page. You should check them out, if you have not been doing so! – 6:50PM, Mar 15, 2013
Welcome to the second part of Physics 5!
In this course, we will continue the exploration of the introductory physics. We will start with the simple harmonic oscillator. Then, we will study waves in general. This will lead to geometric optics and related topics. Lastly, we will come back to fluids and statics. If we somehow run out of time, we might leave some topics like fluids for reading only. I like to go through the simple harmonic oscillator and waves, slowly but surely, so that we cover these supremely important topics well enough.