SUBJECT: GENERAL PHYSICS 1
DATE: Saturday, August 23, 2023
PHYSICS
- Deals with the interaction of
matter, force and energy.
MODERN PHYSICS – started 1900,
with Max Planck discovery of
blackbody radiation.
Thus, all discoveries, principles, and
inventions prior to 1900 are considered
CLASSICAL PHYSICS while those
beyond 1900 are considered MODERN
PHYSICS.
Main Branches of Classical Physics (5)
 MECHANICS – deals with
motion, force, work, energy, and
fluids.
 HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS
– deals with the effects of heat
when added or removed from a
system, the methods of heat
transfer, and the transformation of
heat energy to mechanical
energy.
 OPTICS – deals with the study of
light and its properties.
 ELECTRICITY AND
MAGNETISM – deals with
phenomena associated with
electrical charges, magnetism,
and the relationship between
electricity and magnetism.
 WAVE MOTION AND SOUND –
deals with properties,
transmission, and perception of
different types of waves.
7 Types of Waves
R – RADIOWAVES
M – MICROWAVES
I – INFARED
V – VISIBLE LIGHTS
U – ULTRAVIOLET
X – X-RAY
G – GAMMARAYS
Classical Physics – deals with
macroscopic objects moving at a speed
very small compared to the speed of
light in a vacuum.
3x10^8 m/s
*speed of light in a vacuum
MODERN PHYSICS
 NUCLEAR PHYSICS - deals
with the properties of and the
reactions within the atomic
molecules.
 GENERAL RELATIVITY – tells
how matter curves – time and
how the curvature of space – time
dictates the trajectory of matter
and light.
 SPECIAL RELATIVITY – deals
with phenomena associated
when an object moves with speed
approaching the speed of light in
a vacuum.
 PARTICLE PHYSICS – deals
with the building blocks of matter
called elementary particles.
 QUANTUM MECHANICS – deals
with the nature and behavior of
matter and energy on the atomic
and subtonic levels.
USING S.I UNITS
- Standards of measured used in
science and those of the metric
system.
- All metric units are based on
multiples of 10. As a result, you
can convert between units.
SUBJECT: GENERAL PHYSICS 1
DATE: Saturday, August 23, 2023