UCSD DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Winter Quarter 2000
PHYSICS 8: THE PHYSICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE


Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 Tuesday January 11 Force, Newton's Laws, 4 Forces, Work,
Energy Inclined Planes, Locks
Lecture 2 Thursday January 13 Types of questions, Topics and activities in
physics, Relativity, Gravity, Cosmology
(Not in Text)
Lecture 3 Tuesday January 18 Cosmology,con't., Big Bang Nucleosynthesis,
General Relativity
Lecture 4 Thursday January 20 Forces, Energy, Wedges
Lecture 5 Tuesday January 25 Levers, Wheels
Lecture 6 Thursday January 27 Gears
Lecture 7 Tuesday February 1 Gears con't.
Lecture 8 Thursday February 3 Pulleys
Lecture 9 Tuesday February 8 Review Pulleys, Possible Exam Questions,
Start Pendulum Experiment
Lecture 10 Thursday February 10 3:1 Pulley, Pendulum experiment
Lecture 11 Tuesday February 15 Midterm 1
Lecture 12 Thursday February 17 Review precession, Spring experiment,
Atoms and Temperature
Lecture 13 Tuesday February 22 Heat, Changing Phase, Heat Transport,
Electromagnetic Spectrum, Density
Lecture 14 Thursday February 24 Light
Lecture 15 Tueday February 29, 2000 Density, Pressure, Fluids, Air Pressure, Wings
Lecture 16 Thursday March 2, 2000
Wings, Momentum, Helicopters

Lecture 17 Tuesday March 7, 2000 Conservation of Momentum, Hydrofoil, Pumps,
Hydrolics, Exam Preparation
Midterm 2 Thursday March 9, 2000
Midterm 2
Lecture 18 Tuesday March 14, 2000
Heating, Cooling, Nuclear Energy
Lecture 19 Thursday March 16, 2000
Review: How to use time, Matter








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