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== Welcome to Phys 5B, 2014! == == Welcome to Physics 5B, 2014! ==
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 * <<fl(W)>>'''elcome students!''' This course will proceed much like <<ln("/ph5b-13", this course)>>. Please check out that web site in order to roughly learn what to expect.&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2013-12-28T20:59:07-0800)>>''-~

  * In particular, check the <<ln("https://griffin.ucsc.edu/ph5b-13/Syllabus+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=00-Syllabus.pdf", old syllabus)>> for '''the textbook and the course topics'''. A new syllabus will be posted as the new quarter starts, but the textbook and the chapters to be covered will not change.&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2013-12-28T21:10:31-0800)>>''-~

  * <<color("However, NO Mastering Physics and NO clicker will be used for this course")>>. Do not buy these things, as we will not use them in this course. ''In these regards, this year's course will be much different from the last year's course.&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2013-12-28T21:10:31-0800)>>''-~
  * '''The final progress report has gone out to each of you!''' I think most people did well in this course&mdash;congratulations! Whether you are satisfied with your outcome of this course, whatever that may be from your personal point of view, please keep in mind that there is much more to learn down the road, and probably the most important thing that you should be learning at this point is the correct approach to acquiring knowledge.&mdash;~-''<<DateTime(2014-03-26T13:33:44-0800)>>''-~
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<<h(<div style="margin-top: -1.0em; text-align: right;">)>>~-[[OldNews|Archived news items can be found here]].-~<<h(</div>)>>

Welcome to Physics 5B, 2014!

  • The final progress report has gone out to each of you! I think most people did well in this course—congratulations! Whether you are satisfied with your outcome of this course, whatever that may be from your personal point of view, please keep in mind that there is much more to learn down the road, and probably the most important thing that you should be learning at this point is the correct approach to acquiring knowledge.—2:33PM, Mar 26, 2014

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.