Physics 5B UCSC
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| <<fl(W)>>'''elcome students!''' This course will proceed somewhat like the last year's course, but with some important differences.—~-''<<DateTime(2013-12-29T06:54:13-0800)>>''-~ | * [[How do I do the reading quiz|This page]] has been updated substantially. Please read it now!—~-''<<DateTime(2014-01-14T13:13:32-0800)>>''-~ |
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| * '''<<color("NO Mastering Physics and NO i-Clicker will be used in this course.")>>''' '''Do NOT buy them.''' This is a big difference from the last year, since we used both then. Keep this important difference in mind when/if you browse through the last year’s website, some links of which are given below. | * Thanks to those students who participated in the device poll. Here is a summary. * ic: 21/98, sp: 84/98, tm: 85/98, lp: 67/98, tb: 14/98 * sp|tm: 94/98, sp|tm|lp: 96/98, sp|tm|lp|tb: 96/98 (“|” means “or”) ic=i-clicker, sp=smart phone, tm=text messaging, lp=laptop, tb=tablet.—~-''<<DateTime(2014-01-09T13:37:18-0800)>>''-~ |
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| * The number of midterm exams may not be the same as the last year’s, although I am not absolutely decided on this at the moment. * Check <<ln("https://griffin.ucsc.edu/ph5b-13/Syllabus+?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=00-Syllabus.pdf", last year's syllabus)>> for '''the textbook and the course topics'''. The syllabus for this site will be posted as the new quarter starts, but you can already learn about the textbook and the chapters to be covered from last year’s syllabus, since they will remain the same. Similarly, it would be a great start if you browse through <<ln("https://griffin.ucsc.edu/ph5b-13/Lecture+#Lecture_Notes", my lecture notes of the last year)>>. |
* '''<<color("NO Mastering Physics and NO i-Clicker will be used in this course.")>>''' '''Do NOT buy them.''' This is a big difference from the last year, since we used both then. |
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Welcome to Physics 5B, 2014!
This page has been updated substantially. Please read it now!—2:13PM, Jan 14, 2014
- Thanks to those students who participated in the device poll. Here is a summary.
- ic: 21/98, sp: 84/98, tm: 85/98, lp: 67/98, tb: 14/98
sp|tm: 94/98, sp|tm|lp: 96/98, sp|tm|lp|tb: 96/98 (“|” means “or”)
ic=i-clicker, sp=smart phone, tm=text messaging, lp=laptop, tb=tablet.—2:37PM, Jan 09, 2014
NO Mastering Physics and NO i-Clicker will be used in this course. Do NOT buy them. This is a big difference from the last year, since we used both then.
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.