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  * Please follow this link and read it: '''[[Midterm info]]'''.  * My extended office hours are on Wednesday (Mar 20; 11AM -- 5PM) and Thursday (Mar 21; 9AM -- 5PM). &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-03-19T07:33:37-0700)>>''-~
 
 * Please note that the review sheets are available in '''[[Lecture+]]'''. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-03-18T13:58:06-0700)>>''-~
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  * Some more materials for review in '''[[Lecture+]]'''. Check them out! They are from your MSI instructor, Eric! &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-24T18:06:28-0800)>>''-~  * 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 &rarr; 760 mm (''not'' 76 mm) -- this is why 1 atm is 760 mm Hg (= 760 Torr). Water &rarr; 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. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-03-18T13:58:06-0700)>>''-~
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  * I just made all practice exam questions available on the forum site. Please click "SQ" or "EX" to see them. Student answers and discussions are strongly encouraged!! &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-24T15:55:39-0800)>>''-~

  * No reading quiz today, since reading quiz is a bit ahead of lecture. Please start reviewing! Read everything. "Reading backwards" is often a good strategy: practice exam first, and then read lecture notes, clicker quizzes, reading quizzes, books, etc. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-24T04:23:33-0800)>>''-~

  * Practice exam for midterm 1 is posted. Please '''[[Lecture+|check here]]'''. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-23T18:36:42-0800)>>''-~

  * Updated office hours and TA discussion section schedules have been posted. Check them at '''[[Syllabus+]]'''. &ndash; ~-''<<DateTime(2013-01-15T22:33:16-0800)>>''-~
 * 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! &ndash; ~-''<<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.