General Science Physics -1010 Contemporary Physics

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General Science Physics -1010Contemporary
Physics

• Part one of a four course sequence in science.
• GSC-1020--gt GSG1030--gtGSB1040

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Syllabus GSP-1010Contemporary PhysicsTwo
Semester Hours

• Instructor Dr. Thomas L. Rokoske
• Tel [phone]
• Office CAP Science 223
• Email rokosketl_at_appstate.edu
• NOTE I do not use pipeline, send messages to the
  above address.

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Catalog Description

• This course presents a broad view of essential
  areas of contemporary physics. Ideas of modern
  physics are presented at an introductory level
  with the necessary classical physics needed for
  their understanding. Topics include
  electromagnetism, gravitation, conservation laws,
  quantum physics and nuclear physics. Lecture
  three hours, laboratory two hours.

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OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT

• LECTURE
• Introduction, Big Bang
• Force and Motion
• Momentum and Conservation
• Work and Energy
• Electromagnetic Stuff
• Waves, Optics Light
• Quantum Theory, Atoms
• Uncertain Micro World

• LABORATORY
• Measurement of Physical Quantities
• Introduction to Motion
• Force and Motion
• Sound Waves in Air
• Using a Spectroscope
• Ohms Law
• Natural Radioactivity

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METHODOLOGY - Lecture

• Instructor initiated discussion of the concepts
  using demonstrations and math.
• There will be a review on how to analyze word and
  algebraic problems.
• At the end of each lecture each student will fill
  out a Minute Feedback Paper
• These will be discussed at the beginning of the
  next class.

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METHODOLOGY - Laboratory

• Students will perform six laboratories which
  investigate physical phenomena.
• Students will use the apparatus to make
  scientific measurements of these parameters and
  they will be recorded on a personal computer.
• Students will work in groups of two and each
  student will hand in a laboratory report

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

• Students are required to read the assigned
  readings from the text and lab manual.
• Each student will take one hour test and a two
  hour final examination.
• Each Student will work out and hand in the
  assigned homework.
• There will be announced and unannounced quizzes.

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EVALUATION AND GRADING

• GSP 1010 is a separate course and is graded
  independently from GSC 1020. The course grading
  on the following percentages
• 20 Hour Test
• 30 Laboratory (Lab work, reports and quizzes)
• 35 Comprehensive Final Exam
• 15 Quizzes, Homework, etc.

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Attendance/Participation Policy

• Lecture attendance is expected.
• Roll will be taken with Minute Papers
• Lecture and Laboratory Sessions are
• Cell Phone Off Zones.
• Using a cell phone during a test results in a
  zero.
• Arrive on time and be ready to start at the
  beginning of each session.
• Missing one or more labs will constitute
• a failure of the entire course.

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Attendance/Participation Policy

• You may be excused from the lecture or laboratory
  for legitimate reasons.
• Excuses can be presented to the instructor either
  prior or no later than one week after returning
  from a missed session.
• If an hour test is missed a grade of zero will be
  assigned. With a proper reason, it may be excused
  no later than one week after return.
• Course web site found by using pipeline or
  http//www.phys.appstate.edu/courses/tlr_fcourses5
  .html

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REQUIRED READING

• Required Reading is from the class assignments
  stated on the class schedule.
• These assignments should be read before coming to
  class or to the laboratory.
• Students are required to have a copy of the text
  and lab manual.
• UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS
• This course is the first of an set of four for
  the CORE CURRICULUM Science Requirement.
• It carries no credit for a science major.

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WHY STUDY SCIENCE?

• The basic goal of studying science is to learn
  about our observable universe and everything
  within it.
• Divisions
• NATURAL SCIENCES
• (Understanding of the universe through
  interactions between matter and radiation.)
• SOCIAL SCIENCES
• (Interactions between living beings.)

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Natural Sciences

• Physics - the study of the structure of matter,
  the nature of radiation and its interaction with
  matter. There is an attempt to develop a unified
  description of the fields of force.
• Chemistry - a study of the composition and
  properties of substances and those reactions
  which change those substances.
• Biology - the study of living organisms. It is
  divided into Botany (plant life) and Zoology
  (animal life).

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Specific Natural Sciences

• Astronomy - a study of the origin, evolution,
  composition, distance and motion of all bodies
  and matter in the universe.
• Geology - a study of the structure of the earths
  crust and the formation and development of its
  various layers, included are the different rock
  types, movement of water, minerals and early
  forms of life found as fossils in rocks

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Specific Natural Sciences

• Medicine - the study of diagnosing, treatment,
  curing and preventing disease, relieving pain,
  improving and preserving health in humans.
• Meteorology - the study of the atmosphere and its
  phenomena including weather, climate and their
  forecast.
• Oceanography - the study of the ocean and its
  influence on humans.

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Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences

• Astrophysics Astrochemistry
• Astrobiology Biochemistry
• Biophysics Biomedicine
• Chemical Physics Physical Chemistry
• Geophysics Physical Geology
• Material Science Environmental Science

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PHYSICS DIVISIONS

• MATTER - (Microstructure)
• Atomic, Nuclear, Elementary Particles
• MATTER - (Macrostructure)
• Liquids, Solids, Gases, Plasmas
• RADIATION - Acoustical, Mechanical (collisions),
  Thermal, Electrical, Magnetic, Electromagnetic
  (Radio, Microwaves, Infrared, Visible,
  Ultraviolet, Gamma) Gravitational (waves),
  Nuclear (particle and wave emission,)

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PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS

• Particle and Fields
• Collisions (Mechanical), Resonance
• Radiation, Scattering, Chaos
• Electrical (Photons)
• Gravitational (Gravitons?)
• Weak Nuclear ( W, W-, Zo )
• Strong Nuclear (Mesons)

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PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS

• Waves
• Diffraction, Interference, Absorption,
• Transmission, Radiation, Refraction,
• Stimulated Radiation, Scattering.
• Energy
• Creation, Annihilation, Fusion, Fission

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Areas of Matter Interactions

• (Continuous Macroscopic)
• Classical Mechanics, Special and General
  Relativity, Electrodynamics, Thermodynamics
• (Continuous Microscopic)
• Statistical Mechanics
• (Discreet Microscopic)
• Quantum Mechanics, Relativistic Quantum
  Mechanics, Quantum Electrodynamics, Quantum Color
  Dynamics and Grand Unified Theory

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