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Modern Mechanics

Current session:

Fall 2009

Offering:

Summer, Fall, Spring, Credits 4

Prerequisites:

Corequisite: MA 161. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.

Description:

Introductory calculus-based physics course using fundamental interactions between atoms to describe Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, energy quantization, entropy, the kinetic theory of gases, and related topics in mechanics and thermodynamics. Emphasis is on using only a few fundamental principles to describe physical phenomena extending from nuclei to galaxies. 3-D graphical simulations and numerical problem solving by computer are employed by the student from the very beginning.

Instructor(s):

RITCHIE, KEN - CSATHY, GABOR

Email:

kpritchie@purdue.edu, gcsathy@purdue.edu

Location

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Textbook(s) for Fall 2009

Textbooks for Fall 2009
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS172 Matter & Interactions   Chabay & Sherwood  2nd, Vol. 1 w/WebAssign Set  9780470897430  Wiley & Sons 
PHYS172 i>Clicker       0-7167-7939-0  Bedford/Freeman/Worth 
PHYS172 WebAssign         If purchasing a used textbook, webassign access codes are available online for purchase. Location for WebAssign (http://webassign.net/info/signup) 
PHYS172 Physics 172 Laboratory Manual         Hayden-McNeil