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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.

Welcome to Physics 5B, 2014!

  • This Thursday’s office hour from 9 to 10 is cancelled.—8:21AM, Jan 21, 2014

  • This information was not accurate. This Wednesday’s office hour will be held as usual.I need to be out of town next Wednesday (Jan 22), so I cannot have my office hour, then. If you would be affected by this, and you have idea about how I can make it up, I am all ears.—1:59PM, Jan 15, 2014

  • An important correction in homework 2. Please check it out at Homework+.—7:34PM, Jan 17, 2014

  • Reading quiz 3 is up now. On a related note, this page (“How do I do the reading quiz”) has been updated substantially. Please read it now!—9:58AM, Jan 15, 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

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.