SUSI SRC) A MOO one Professor Richard Wollson Guidebook Contents Part of 3 tecture 2: The Amazing Oise tecture 3: The Wonderful ove Lecture 4: Seeing he Light tecture tecture 7 tecture 8 a. a Lecture 9: Goingin Circles | — Physics in Your Life tice itt ieee Taught by: Professor Richard Wolfson, Aconserative Stesk Middlebury Colege Part 1 Fan IU Nelr Nem OCI. baRichard Wolfson, Ph.D. Richard Wolo is Benjamin F Wiser Profesor of Physics at Middlebury College, where he asa elke George Adams Ells Cha ia he Libera ‘rts He did undergraduate work t MIT and Swarthmore Cle, grating from Srartmore with a double major in physics nd ptiosophy He holds Instr degre in eionmntal sti from the Univers of Michigan a 8 PAD. in phys rom Darou, Profesce Woun's published work encompasses sich divers fel s meal physics, plasma pic soar ‘ergy engineering electronic cult design, observational asonony, theo stopp, cea cs, and lnate change Hs cre research fnvolves the semaines voll erp beavie af the Sun's utr toners, or corona, He also Contes on letersi envircaenal sence, _r. Wolf patieulny concerned with aing sence lesan onscictst and to stadt romall walks of aces i, His textbook, hoses or Scents and Engineers (Adibon Wesley 1999), 0 i i hed ‘ton an as heen ranlted int several langage. His ks Nace ‘Ghoces:A Citzens Guide o Nuclear Technology (MIT Press 193) and Simpl Einstein: Relay Demi (WW. Norton, 2093 exempts ‘Walon’ tres in making Science aecesibe wo soni. He has ao [published in Scenic American pd as peace vdetaped courses fr The “Teaching Corpan cluding Emin Relat and he Quam Revolution: Modern Phsscs for Nonscientts, Energy and Climate Scene for Cirzen in the Ag of Global Warming, nd Pies n Your Le roence ‘Wollon hs pea sabbatical a the Nukonal Cntr for Atoxphere Resch in Boule, Coord; tS. Andrews University In Scand and at Stanford Drivers. (emt Te ei Cony Late ParTable of Contents Physics in Your Life Part | Profesor Biography Course Scope Lecture One Lecture Two Lecture Three Lecture Four Lecture Five Lecture: Lecture Seven Lecture Fight Lecture Nine Lecture Ten Lecture Eleven Lecture Twelve Gtossary ibography Realms of Paks -Maadle One: Sight and Sound The Amizing Die ‘The Wonderful Wave Sexing the Light Is Seeing Betiving Musi Your Ears, ‘Moadle Two: Going Places May the Fowses Be with You Arist’ Revenge Going in Cis Taking Fgh Int Space ‘AConsrative Steak Physics in Your Life Scope Physics isthe since tha gover the workings f physica ey tits ost fundamen lve. Ths, physic porta aundersanding he ukinae ttre ofthe Universe But tis gully porta inca everyday lives. The Cnmmonet actions suchas walking. brewing evn cara al sed ‘on principe of physics. The mural word delights us with ost bys thoed phenomen fom riabows and snowlkes tothe bbe of te sk. the daily Toaton of ur plone, a the celestial companions of teeing Noon. ‘And physics Bae echnlog fs uiqutous in mer ie—trom the CDs and ‘DY neti and info sto the anock rakes ha make ving ser, the Elo postoning ste that helps navigate aboot or planet, mec imaging ta enhances cur heskh, microwaves hat cook ou foo, alpanes that trasgrt sviy abou the globe srs that can oor supermarket purchases, nthe semicondictor electronic a the hea fear sompats cell hones. ‘ital camera personal dig aetna audiovisual systems. This course ious princes of pss tough ter appliation rena ile Is moethan cous apis and mare than aunts of haw things work.” Rater, combine the wo offering ack forth icrply fetwech everyday application of physies and he physics principles ede to understand them, Applicaton inl the sips every ‘sven, natal phenomena that fet ear everyday Hines and especialy Inoder echnsogy Physics principles covered ange from Newtons avs of ‘ation, Known fo und of yeast sil ay eleva. concepts fom Stam and quantum physic that unde sch vere technologies 8 Semiconductor electronics, ler, and medical imaging “The course organized nts moles osx etre ach Theft Hive nodules dal wth poi real of phys and lated applications; the sh is {pinouts application tht ra from more ha oe ofthe earer Insts, Although thee oct saahiforward pth hough the myriad Aplications inca her, the ects are designed o Bud on each head {oflow smoothly from oe to the thet. Phe in Your ies med at fneligent noses, and the resentation of physics coneps and ppiations iv etelyaonmateratcal ‘Given tat te couye present om avis me, the Fst modle— ‘Sight and Sound™hepns wth the echoology Bend CDs and DVDS. nat nly explaining how dove work busing questions tat ead wo the base Pricils light and sound, Subsogcat lectures explore tes ences in lication tsi divers ope se alabows, opal ites For ‘ammunition, sia insroment, ad laser ison conection. ‘6x01 The Tei Cony Lined Pee“Going Places looks at tion an aplication, from imple walking to ‘modern afrobiletcnologysiplne Might and space ave. This module is faved on Newton's avs, gentle o nla such diverse tops a aid tation, conservation of energy nd the Ayam of space ight rom ‘Smuniations stele serpy exploration “tag lo, Turn On” explores he electomagnetc basi of many ‘omtemporay teoogis and tral phenomena, Mater self ticks together through elect nteractions, while the iat reltons between lest ‘pti are the Berto echnoogies ranging fom etic mtr emerson videotapes ad eeit cuds, We've leamed munrous ways 10 rodice lsc entry, and we respet nt only the good i can do at lo the ‘ingest poses, Fnlly eesti and magnetism join to make possible the ‘dostromagoctic wanes that inca sb igh and that emul he proving bos tf witless technologies nour every ves. “rom Atom to Computer” stars with asc ieas in atomic phys and buis through explanation of the semicondtr materia the basi of ls "leeonics the operation ofthe transistors ht are the eset eleironc ‘Sponemts the aglemeraton clase fo billion tanssersintodays mst Sophisticate in grated cuit the simple logical peatons tt und all ‘computers cn do; and he ssa organzation of an elie computer. “The fith nodule, “Fie and fe” nodes concepts and aplicaions read to eat, Lets range fom “Physic inthe Kitchen to Lie ithe {Greenwater look at ow peices of thermal pis establish aniline and how we humans be changing ht clint. “The Tip of tn Tecberp describe he thermal response of materials ineong the usual ‘havior of water obo gud and oi orm-—a behavior wih enormous implications fr life on Earth. The module ens with a ok at humanity's Apple for eng inthe face of intatons posed by the laws of thermodynamics. Those las hemscves ar the subject of “Like a Work of Shakespeare lstre so tilod Beas ne soc a has been Jered as ‘Social oa dosed personas the Ban's writings “Te sith module a potpours of pplication an principles fm the spi tote commie. Your Place om Earth dese the weekigs and increasing! pervasive aplication ofthe spce-hased Global Posoning System (GPS). "Dance and Spin looks tspplicaton of aia don rom dance to plas. “The Light Fanta explores te opeaton of srs and thet plains in eberything rm supermarket eaners othe Inert. Noles ‘Matters lack st he bhi the scenes oes that nuclear pies plays in our Tes Phys in Your Boy” empasies modern moa techniques sich NMR and price ea treatment for cance. The couse eds wih “Your Plice inthe Universe” tracing the soy of your own body fromthe earls eve the Big Bane Lecture One Realms of Physics ‘Scope: Physic ihe fundamental science, describing the workings of ysl reality om scales fom stom cosmic tines from ariamably tiny faction of seconds ios o year. We hans nse a ltexpa, are somber in he mide oF this wast range, Physics toocbe ou everyday Hves—from the ns commonplace a tthe phi technologies that we ake los fr pant the ‘tural pheomens tha shape or emironmen. Tin course expres ‘eat many ofthe ways in which physics connects wih you ie Providing not only smorgasbord of physics aplicans but soa [rounding nthe undrsing pnp and onlaental avs of ae Hisorcly physic divides nto tvo grat calms casi and Inodern. Clasps, firmly estaba by the year 10, nevertheless reine italy relevant ocho every if. Modern Piysis extends or understanding Wo reams of the ery sale vy fas and he very massive though the theories of quantum physics ad reaiviy, Despite these arcane contexts, modern pis fat he eat ‘uch everyday techaog) Physics lo dvides by subject Thee tre the piso motion or ethan: lect and magnets topics and ig the phi of eat an ther heal phenomena: ad theextensions of hese branches fo the ati cl, Thi cours \eonely organize nto moles hase on these subj esl, Sarg. pproprintly fram avis bsed core, with the ysc fight ‘nd sound and mong tro motion eect and mgt: he ‘Moc and cher pss Bind leis, specially compote ant the physics of heat and eneay. Each dul emphasizes appiaions in ‘rend i, pounded in hae encpes. Atal meu presets pour of applications hat bend les fn ci a he course Outline Physic iin your fe! 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