PHYSICS WITH ADVANCED
TOPICS
PH354
SYLLABUS
Trimester 1, 2005
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WEEK |
TOPICS COVERED |
WALKER READING |
TWTW |
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chapter (sections) |
pages in 1st
edition |
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| 1-2 |
simple harmonic motion | 13 | |
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| 3-4 | introduction to waves | 14(1-3) | 186-189(176-177) |
| wave interference; standing waves | 14(7-9) | ||
| 5 |
the wave nature of sound; music | 14(4-6,8) | 230-235(218-223) |
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6-7 |
static electricity |
19(1-2) |
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Coulomb's electrostatic
law |
19(3) |
282-284(262-263) |
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forces and fields |
19(3-7) |
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8 |
electric energy and
voltage difference |
20 |
286, 288-289 (266,
268-269) |
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9-10 |
electric circuits |
21 |
287(267) |
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electric circuits,
continued |
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11 |
magnetic fields and forces |
22 |
294-299(274-279) |
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magnetic induction |
23 |
300-305, 322-323 |
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if time |
the wave nature of
light |
25 |
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interference &
diffraction of light |
28 |
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