General Physics for ISP (125-2-1)

Instructors

William P Halperin
847/491-3686
Technological Institute (2145 Sheridan Road), Room F-126, Evanston

Meeting Info

Technological Institute M128: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM

Overview of class

General physics course relying extensively on calculus. Focus of 125-2 will be on electro-magnetic phenomena. Similar to 135-1,2,3 but more advanced and intended for ISP students. A concurrent advanced calculus course, MATH 291-1,2,3, is offered by the mathematics department.

Coulomb's Law and electric fields, dipoles, quadrupoles; electric fields for continuous charge distributions, lines, disks, planes, image charges; electrostatic potential, point charges, multipoles, symmetry, conductors, Van de Graff generator; capacitance, dielectrics, energy and force; resistance, Drude theory and Ohm's Law, circuits, Kirchhoff's Laws; magnetic fields, Lorentz force equation; Thomson's measurement of e/m ratio, Hall effect; sources of magnetic fields, Biot-Savart Law, Ampère's Law; magnetic induction, Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law, inductance, self-inductance, superconductors and flux quantization; alternating currents, RLC circuits, resonance; Maxwell's equations (differential form), wave equation.

Teaching Method

Class consists of three lecture hours, and one discussion hour each week.

Evaluation Method

One midterm exam, and a final exam, grading is equally weighted between weekly assigned homeworks and the two exams.

Class Materials (Required)

Physics for Scientists and Engineers, sixth edition, by- P.A. Tipler and G. Mosca,. Publisher-W.H. Freeman and Co.
ISBN-13: 978-1429201247

Previous Editions: Yes (no restrictions)
Online/eBook available: Yes
Other Purchases: No

Class Attributes

Natural Sciences Distro Area

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: ISP Majors