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Syllabus & Class Schedule
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Read Uncommon Sense
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Read Sidereus Nuncius
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Read Two New Sciences
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Read Relativity
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Tuesday, September 9
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1. Counting
in Babylon
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Chpts 1-4
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Thursday, September 11 |
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1, 2
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2. Early
Greek Science: Thales to Plato
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Chpts 1-4
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Tuesday, September 16
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3
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3. Motion
in the Heavens: Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets
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Chpts 5-7
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Thursday, September 18
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4. Aristotle
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Chpts 5-7
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Tuesday, September 23 |
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PROBLEM SET 1 DUE
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Tuesday, September 23
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5
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5. Measuring
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Chpts 8-10
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Introduction
Pages 1-24
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Thursday, September 25
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2
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6. Greek
Science After Aristotle |
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Chpts 8-10
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Sidereus Nuncius
Pages 25-86
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Tuesday, September 30
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7. Basic
Ideas in Greek Mathematics |
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Chpts 8-10
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Sidereus Nuncius
Pages 25-86
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Thursday, October 2
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8. How
the Greeks used Geometry to Understand the Stars |
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Chpts 8-10
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Conclusion
Pages 87-113
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Tuesday, October 7
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9. Galileo
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First Day
Pages 1-50
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Tuesday, October 7 |
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PROBLEM SET 2
DUE
11:59 PM |
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Thursday, October 9
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10. Life
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First Day Pages 51-104
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Tuesday, October 14
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11. Scaling:
why giants don't exist
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Second Day
Pages 105-146
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Thursday, October 16
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12. Galileo's
Acceleration Experiment
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Third Day
Pages 147-233
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Tuesday, October 21
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13. Naturally
Accelerated Motion |
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Fourth Day
Pages 234-282
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Tuesday, October 21
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PROBLEM SET 3
DUE
11:59 PM |
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Wed Oct 22 9:00 AM - Tues
Oct 28 7:00 PM
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MIDTERM EXAM |
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Thursday, October 23
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14. Describing
Motion |
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Tuesday, October 28
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15. Tycho
Brahe and Johannes Kepler
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Thursday, October 30
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16. Isaac
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Tuesday, November 4
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17. How
Newton Built on Galileo's Ideas |
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Tuesday, November 4
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PROBLEM SET 4
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Thursday, November 6 |
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18. The
Speed of Light
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Part 1
Section 1-3
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Tuesday, November 11 |
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19. The
Michelson-Morley Experiment
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Part 1 Section 4-6
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Thursday, November 13 |
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20. Special
Relativity
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Part 1
Section 7-9
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Tuesday, November 18 |
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21. Special
Relativity: What Time is it? |
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Part 1
Section 10-12
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Thursday, November 20
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22. Special
Relativity: Synchronizing Clocks
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Part 1
Section 13-15
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Tuesday, November 25
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PROBLEM SET 5
DUE
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Tuesday, November 25
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23. Time
Dilation: A Worked Example
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Part 1
Section 16
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Thursday, November 27
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24. More
Relativity: The Train and The Twins
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Appendix 1
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Tuesday, December 2
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25. Momentum,
Work and Energy |
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Thursday, December 4
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No Video
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26. Adding
Velocities: A Walk on the Train |
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No Video
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27. Conserving
Momentum: the Relativistic Mass Increase |
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Tuesday, December 9
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PROBLEM SET 6 DUE 11:59 PM |
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Wed Dec 10 9:00 AM - Fri Dec 12 7:00 PM
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FINAL EXAM |
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