College of Science

PHYS17200 (PHYS172H) Fall 2008

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08/26/2008

08/25/2008

08/25/2008

Modern Mechanics - Honors

Current session: Fall 2008

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: Advanced treatment of introductory calculus-based physics 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):
BARNES, VIRGIL E.

Email:
barnes@physics.purdue.edu

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Textbook(s) for Fall 2008
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS172H Matter & Interactions Chabay & Sherwood 2nd, Vol. 1 w/WebAssign Set 0-470-14362-2 Wiley & Sons
PHYS172H WebAssign Location for WebAssign (http://webassign.net/info/signup)
PHYS172H Physics 172 Laboratory Manual John Yeazell Fall 2008 Hayden-McNeil
PHYS172H i>Clicker (The registration for the i>Clicker ID's must be done on CHIP in the Student Gradebook, NOT on the i>Clicker web site. Please register your i>clicker by Aug. 24, 2008) 0-7167-7939-0 Bedford/Freeman/Worth