PHY100S - The Magic of Physics - Class 2 - Wednesday January 11, 2006
Introduction
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same
god who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended
us to forgo their use."
-- Galileo
Another View
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Reminders
- Tutorials begin next week.
- Assignment #2: By Monday's class on January 16 please read §4.1 -
4.4, §5.1 - 5.2, and §5.5 of Hobson. These are the sections we
will be discussing in class that week. The first Pre-Class Quiz will be given
at the beginning of class on Jan 16 on these sections.
- Assignment #3: The first homework assignment is from Hobson Chapter 3:
Conceptual Exercises 1, 4, 5, 9. It is due in tutorial next week.
- Please bring your "voting cards" to every class.
- Bring a soft-lead pencil to class on Monday January 16.
Tutorial Assignments
Tutorials groups have been set up. You may check where your tutorial meets
via STORM.
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Today's Class
As part of our discussion of §3.4 and §3.5, we discussed speed versus
time data for two accelerating cars. Here is the graph that we used in
class:
Source: http://tom.marshall.tripod.com/ap-22.htm.
| We asked a series of questions on speeds and accelerations.
A pdf version of the questions and your answers may be accessed by clicking
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| Here is today's Journal file in pdf format. Separate window. |
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