1 Monday (W1)

Introduction

Writing answers to HW questions
9 Rules for Typography in Physics
A quick guide to LaTeX
Classroom norms
Introduction to Term Project

Ethan's OneNote Class Notes
Textbook - Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (SEWHA):
* SEWHA Ch 8 - Hydroelectricity
Videos:
* Magnitude Analysis by Simon Clark (4min30sec)
* David MacKay Lecture, author of SEWHA.

2 Wednesday

Hydroelectric power from a coarse-grained model.

Rain Power Estimate

Reading Assignment - 3 pages from the book "Scale" by Geoffrey West.

3 Friday

Energy for transportation - a coarse-grained model.

SEWHA Ch 3 - Cars
SEWHA Appendix A: Cars II

HW week 1
HW week 1 (pdf)

4 Monday (W2)

Energy for transportation - refining and applying

TEDx Talk by Sanjoy Mahajan (aerodynamics)

5 Wednesday

Wind energy - a coarse-grained model.

SEWHA Ch 4: Wind
SEWHA Appendix B: Wind II

6 Friday

Uncertainty - from age of universe to air density.

HW week 2
HW week 2 (pdf)

7 Monday (W3)

Size scale and energy scale of nuclei

8 Wednesday

Nuclear Physics Continued

9 Friday

Nuclear Physics Continued

Homework 3
Homework 3 (pdf)

10 Monday (W4)

Energy flow. Energy conservation. The need to define entropy.

"6 Ideas Unit T" by Thomas Moore:

Ch 2 (first half of chapter) pages 20-24 “Macrostates and microstates”
Ch 3 pages 38-47 “Entropy and Temperature”

Youtube videos:

How entropy powers the Earth 3 minute video by MinutePhysics

Entropy Introduction

11 Wednesday

Entropy, continued

12 Friday

Midterm

Practice midterm (not to be turned in)
Practice midterm (not to be turned in) (pdf)

13 Monday (W5)

Entropy Continued

"6 Ideas Unit T" by Thomas Moore:

Section T5.4 Equipartition Theorem

14 Wednesday

Entropy Continued

15 Friday

Entropy continued

HW Week 5
HW Week 5 (pdf)

16 Monday (W6)

Equipartition Theorem

17 Wednesday

Quantum mechanics: Introduction to the Schrodinger equation, wavefunctions describing matter waves.

18 Friday

Quantum mechanics: Introduction to partial differential equations and functions of space and time.

"6 Ideas Unit Q" by Thomas Moore:

Chapter 1 pages 4-12 Wave Models
Chapter 2 pages 20-29 Standing Waves and Resonance

HW Week 6
HW Week 6 (pdf)

Quantum

"6 Ideas Unit Q" by Thomas Moore:

Chapter 11 “Spectra”
Chapter 5 “The Wave Nature of Particles (de Broglie wavelength)”
Section 10.3 “A Quanton in a Box”

Videos to watch:

Electron microscopes explained by Physics Girl

19 Monday (W7)

Partial Differential Equations

Walt Lewin's PDE Lecture, 10-minutes

Draft of Term Project
Draft of Term Project (pdf)

20 Wednesday

Musical Instruments

21 Friday

Musical Instruments

Week 7 HW
Week 7 HW (pdf)

22 Monday (W8)

Quantum Light Emission

23 Wednesday

Quantum, E = hf

Light Emission - Practice for Midterm
Light Emission - Practice for Midterm (pdf)

24 Friday

Midterm 2

25 Monday (W9)

MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

26 Wednesday

Planck's Law of Radiation

27 Friday

Planck's Radiation Law

HW Week 9
HW Week 9 (pdf)

28 Monday (W10)

Climate Models

29 Wednesday

Climate Models

30 Friday

Climate Models

Week 10 HW
Week 10 HW (pdf)

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