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PHYSICS 1501 - MODERN TECHNOLOGY

Randy Kobes & Gabor Kunstatter
Physics Department
University of Winnipeg

September, 1999




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 * Search
 * Contents
 * List of Figures
 * List of Tables
 * Introduction
   * Science as Art
   * The Scientific Method
   * Statistics
   * Aspects of science
   * Symmetry
   * Units and measurements
   * Questions
 * Motion
   * Position
   * Velocity
   * Acceleration
   * Graphing Motion
   * Free fall motion
   * Questions
 * Forces and Newton's Laws
   * Forces
   * Newton's Laws
     * Newton's 1st Law
     * Newton's 2nd Law
     * Newton's 3rd Law
   * Weight and Mass
   * Questions
 * Work and Energy
   * Work
   * Power
   * Kinetic Energy
   * Potential Energy
     * Gravitational Potential Energy
     * Elastic or Spring Potential Energy
     * Electrical Potential Energy
   * Other types of energy
     * Heat
     * Wave energy
     * Mass energy
   * Conservation of momentum
   * Symmetries and Conservation Laws
   * Questions
 * Rotational Motion
   * Circular motion
     * Angular position
     * Angular velocity
     * Angular acceleration
   * Torque
     * Static Equilibrium
     * Moment of inertia
   * Rotational kinetic energy
   * Angular momentum
   * Questions
 * Gravity
   * Newton's Law of Gravity
   * Gravitational Acceleration
   * Weight and Mass, Revisited
   * Gravitational Potential Energy
   * Escape Velocity
   * Orbital Motion and Kepler's Laws
   * Gravity as Curved Space: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
   * Black Holes
   * Questions
 * Fluids
   * States of Matter
   * Fluid Flow and the Continuity Equation
   * Pressure
   * Buoyancy
     * Bernoulli's Principle
   * Questions
 * Heat
   * The nature of heat
   * Temperature
   * Heat Capacity
   * Heat Transfer
     * Conduction
     * Convection
     * Radiation
   * 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
     * Heat flows from hot to cold
     * Heat cannot be completely converted
     * Isolated systems become disordered
   * Questions
 * Electricity and Magnetism
   * Electric charges
     * Atomic view of charges
   * Electric field
   * Charges in motion
     * Electric potential
     * Current
     * Resistance
     * Electrical Power
   * Magnetism and magnetic fields
   * Magnetic forces on moving charges
     * Force on a current-carrying wire
     * Electric motor
     * Speaker
   * Magnetism from electricity
     * Magnetic materials
       * Non-magnetic materials
       * Permanent magnets
       * Ferromagnets
   * Currents from magnetism
     * Electric generator
     * Microphone
     * Magnetic tape reader
     * Diamagnets and superconductors
       * Superconductors
   * Questions
 * Light
   * Properties of light
     * Reflection
     * The Speed of Light
     * Refraction
       * Total internal reflection
       * Dispersion
     * Rainbows
     * Diffraction
     * Interference
   * Waves
     * Properties of waves
       * Music and Sound
     * Wave phenomena
       * Refraction
       * Dispersion
       * Interference of Waves
       * Diffraction
     * Double Slit Experiment Revisited
       * The Doppler effect
   * Electromagnetic waves
     * Electromagnetic spectrum
   * Questions
 * Special Relativity
   * The Postulates of Special Relativity
   * Frames of Reference and Galilean Transformations
   * Time Dilation
   * Length Contraction
   * Lorentz Transformations and the Addition of Velocities
   * Other Implications of Special Relativity
     * E = mc2
     * Space Travel
     * The Twin Paradox
     * Tachyons and Time Travel
 * Quantum Theory
   * Early models of the atom
     * Problems with early models
   * Bohr model of the atom
   * Bohr model
     * de Broglie waves
     * Electrons as de Broglie waves
     * Quantized orbits
     * Emission spectrum
     * Absorption spectrum
     * Stimulated emission
   * Wave particle duality
     * Electrons as particles
     * Electrons as waves
       * Electron diffraction
       * Electron microscopes
     * Light as waves
     * Light as photons
       * Photon scattering
       * The photoelectric effect
     * Bowling balls as waves?
     * Two slit diffraction
     * The uncertainty relations
   * Complex atoms
     * The Periodic Table
     * The Pauli exclusion principle
     * Valence bonds
     * Semiconducting devices
       * Doped semiconductors
       * Diodes
       * Transistors
       * Computers and information
 * Nuclear Physics
   * Nuclei
   * Mass and Energy
     * The Strong Nuclear Force and Binding Energy
   * Radioactivity
   * Measuring Radioactivity
   * Half life
     * Radon gas
   * Nuclear Reactions
   * Uses of radiation
     * Non-medical uses
     * Medical uses
 * Earth and other Planets
   * The Solar System
     * Nebular Hypothesis
     * Evolution of the Earth
   * The Dynamic Earth
   * Plate Tectonics
     * Plate boundaries
       * Earthquakes and volcanoes
     * Mantle Convection
   * Earth's Cycles
     * Atmospheric Cycle
       * Weather prediction
     * Water Cycle
     * Rock Cycle
   * Human Consequences
     * Ozone hole
     * Acid Rain
     * Greenhouse Effect
 * Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
   * Stars
     * Hertzsprung-Russell Diagrams
     * Lives and Deaths of Stars
       * Hydrogen and helium burning
       * White dwarves
       * Neutron stars
       * Black holes
   * Galaxies
   * The Universe
     * Hubble's Law
     * Expanding Universe
     * Big Bang
       * Cosmic Microwave Background
       * Light Elements
     * Big Crunch?
 * Index
 * About this document ...


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1999-09-29