PHY100

The Magic of Physics
PHY100F - Summer

Vatche Deyirmenjian
MP129B
416-946-0336
dey == == physics.utoronto.ca

Office hours: Mondays 3:30. You can also drop by my office to talk about PHY100F or life in general. I will be happy to answer your questions.

The year 2005 was declared by the United Nations as the World Year of Physics. People around the world celebrated physics and its importance in our everyday lives. In PHY100F, you will discover why this subject is so exciting and why 2005 was a special year. The year 2009 was declared by the United Nations as The International Year of Astronomy. Everyone is celebrating again and observing the contributions of astronomy to society and culture.

Topics: Classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, relativity, quantum mechanics
Schedule: Lectures MW2-3:30 (MP202), Tutorials M3:40 The University is closed on Monday, May 21. The first tutorial will be on Wednesday, May 23 and the remaining tutorials will occur on Mondays at 3:40 p.m.

Check out The Physics of Everyday Life PHY205F which I am also teaching this term.

Text: Here are some possible references. They are available in the University of Toronto Bookstore (214 College St.) at the corner of College St. and St. George St.

The required text for the course is A. Hobson, Physics: Concepts and Connections (Pearson).
R.H. March, Physics for Poets (McGraw-Hill)
R. Baierlein, From Newton to Einstein (Cambridge University Press)

Assessment


Homework Questions	20%
Tutorial Quizzes	10%
Writing Assignment 1 (Monday, June 4, 2012, 3:40 p.m.)	10%
Writing Assignment 2 (Monday, June 18, 2012, 3:40 p.m.)	20%
Final Exam (Monday, June 25, 2012, 2-4 p.m., MP202)	40%

There will be a Tutorial Quiz given every week. It will be based on the lecture material from the previous week. The Homework Questions will be assigned approximately every two weeks.

The penalty for handing in assignments past the deadline is five percent per day of lateness.

Writing Assignment 1 - Due: Monday, June 4, 2012, 3:40 p.m. at the beginning of your tutorial

Writing Assignment 2 - Due: Monday, June 18, 2012, 3:40 p.m. at the beginning of your tutorial

Visit Writing at the University of Toronto to obtain assistance composing the writing assignments. This site can be useful to those of you whose first language is not English. There are tips on how to avoid plagiarism. The questions you will be asked in this course will require responses consisting of short sentences and/or pictures. Know your experiments, basic definitions, and the lecture topics presented below. No examination aids will be allowed.

You can nominate your tutor for a Department of Physics teaching award. Write a brief memo or letter to Professor Stephen Morris, Undergraduate Chair, Department of Physics, MP301. His email is ugchair == == physics.utoronto.ca

Tutorials

ppernica == physics.utoronto.ca (Patricia Pernica); dmahler == physics.utoronto.ca (Dylan Mahler)
The first tutorial will occur on Wednesday, May 23 at 3:40 p.m. The remaining tutorials will be Mondays at 3:40 p.m.
Tutorial	Time	Location	Last Name	Tutor
T0101A	M3:40	McLennan Physics MP408	A-L	Patricia Pernica
T0101B	M3:40	McLennan Physics MP606	M-Z	Dylan Mahler

Lectures


Week	Topics	References
1- May 14, 16	The Scientific Method Quantifying Motion Speed, velocity, acceleration, momentum, conservation of momentum Newtonian Mechanics Three Laws of Motion Gravitation Newton's Law of Gravity	March: Chapters 1-4 Hobson: Chapters 1, 3, 4, and 5
2- May 23	Gravitation Work and Energy Conservation of energy Electricity and Magnetism Electric charges, Coulomb's Law, electric (E) and magnetic (B) fields mediate electric and magnetic forces, electric currents produce magnetic fields	March: Chapters 4, 5 and 6 Hobson: Chapters 5, 6 and 8 Baierlein: Chapter 5
3- May 28, 30	Electricity and Magnetism Maxwell's equations connect E and B. Waves Wavelength, amplitude, frequency, the speed of waves	March: Chapters 6 amd 7 Hobson: Chapters 8 and 9 Baierlein: Chapters 4, 8, 9, 10
4- June 4, 6	Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity Simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, mass-energy relation	March: Chapters 9-11 Hobson: Chapter 10 Baierlein: Chapters 11 and 12
5- June 11, 13	Einstein's General Theory of Relativity Principle of Equivalence, geometry of space-time, bending of light in a gravitational field, black holes	March: Chapter 12 Hobson: Chapter 11
6- June 18, 20	Quantum Mechanics Blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, atomic spectra, Young's double-slit experiment with single particles, Heisenberg Indeterminacy Principle	March: Chapters 13-18 Hobson: Chapters 13 and 14 Baierlein: Chapters 6 and 7

Homework Questions

Interesting Thoughts

Our science makes terrific demands on our imagination. -- Richard Feynman, physicist (1918-1988)
1. The world is made of atoms and molecules.