PHY101E: Foundations of Physics, VCU

Instructor: Robert H. Gowdy Welcome!
Textbook: Conceptual Physics
The Plan: Syllabus Announcements
The Course: Topic Questions

Who should take this course? About these notes
Li-4 molecule Physics Homepage
Please report problems to:
R. H. Gowdy e-mail: rhgowdy@vcu.edu
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The Questions
  1. What is Science?
  2. How do things move? cyan
  3. Why do things move? purple
  4. What time is it? blue
  5. How does electricity work? green
  6. What is light? yellow

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2. How do things move? Cyan Color Block
  1. When Motion is Simple
  2. Describing Motion
  3. Falling

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3. Why do things move? Purple Color Block
  1. Newton's Laws
  2. Work and Energy
  3. The Story of Gravity

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4. What time is it?Blue

  1. When Physics Failed
  2. Describing Spacetime
  3. Clocks

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X. What are things made of?Red
  1. Chemical Composition
  2. Elementary Particles

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5. How does electricity work?Green
  1. Charges at Rest
  2. Charges in Motion
  3. Magnetic Fields

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6. What is light?Yellow
  1. Light is a wave
  2. Light is described by rays
  3. Light is what we see: The eye
  4. Light is a particle

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X. What is radioactivity?Orange
  1. Physics Fails (Again): Quantum Theory
  2. Alchemy (Well, not exactly.)
  3. Power Too Cheap to Meter! (Sorry.)
  4. Fusion Power (Better luck next time?)

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