PHY 100: Patterns in Nature
PHY 100: Patterns in Nature (Spring 2011, csuDHTV). California State University Dominguez Hills. Instructor: Professor Jim Hill. Unifying principles of elastic,
sound, light and matter waves. Models of nature. Successes and failures of wave and particle models and their synthesis. Designed for non-science students. Partially meets
the lower division General Education requirement in Natural Sciences.
Lecture 01 - Introduction, Nature of Science and Motion |
Lecture 02 - Vibration (Oscillation), Waves (Properties/Vocabulary), Sound Waves |
Lecture 03 - Sound Waves (cont.) |
Lecture 04 - Sound and Music, Electricity and Magnetism |
Lecture 05 - Electricity and Magnetism (cont.), Electromagnetic Waves |
Lecture 06 - Light: Speed of Light, Radiation |
Lecture 07 - Waves, Earthquake & Tsunami, Nuclear Reactions |
Lecture 08 - Light: Seeing & Seeing Colors |
Lecture 09 - Light: Colors, Reflection, Refraction |
Lecture 10 - Light: Refraction Consequences, Wave Properties (more about Colors) |
Lecture 11 - Light: Wave Properties, Light Source Examples |
Lecture 12 - Light Sources, Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics |
Lecture 13 - Review, Radioactivity, The Nucleus |
Lecture 14 - The Atom: What's inside Counts |