Physics 5B UCSC
Welcome to Phys 5B, 2014!
Welcome students! This course will proceed much like this course. Please check out that web site in order to learn what to expect. In particular, check the old syllabus for the textbook and what chapters we will cover. A new syllabus will be posted as the new quarter starts, but the textbook and the lecture topics will not change.—9:59PM, Dec 28, 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.