PHY 155, General Physics I

Section 2, Spring Semester 2002


Intructor: Holger Kohlmann
E-Mail: kohlmann@physics.unlv.edu
Office: BPB 136
Office Hours: MWF 9-10 a. m. and 1:30-2 p. m. or by appointment
Text: Cutnell & Johnson, Physics, Fifth Edition, chapters 1-15
Lectures: MWF 10:30-11:20 a. m., BPB 102
Lab:

General Physics I (PHY 155) will give you an introduction to classical mechanics and thermodynamics. You will learn about basic concepts of physics: motion, gravitation, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, pressure, Archimedes' Principle, temperature, heat, heat engines, the laws of thermodynamics, and and and ... We will undertake a time travel starting from the ancient Greeks, through middle age and renaissance and until the end of the 19th century. I will introduce you to some of the greatest scientists ever, such as Aristotle, Archimedes, Nikolaus Kopernikus, Galileo Galilei and his Discorsi, Johannes Kepler and his Physica Coelestis, Isaac Newton and his Principia, Daniel Bernoulli and his Hydrodynamica, James Watt, Sadi Carnot, Ludwig Boltzmann, Johannes van der Waals and many more.

If you have a documented disability that may require assistance, you will need to go to the Disability Resource Center (DRC) for coordination in your academic accommodations. The DRC is located in the Reynolds Student Services Center Room 137. The DRC phone number is 895-0866.

The final grade will be based on the performance in the final exam (30%), three midterm exams E1-E3 (10% each), quizzes (10%), homework (10%) and laboratory (20%), all of which are mandatory. Grading scale (subject to change): A (100%-90%), B (89%-79%), C (78%-68%), D (67%-57%), F (56%-0%). Absence from an examination or quizz will result in an assignment of zero points unless prior consent by the instructor has been given or in the case of a documented emergency. No make up exams are given unless special arrangements are made before the exam and the absence is unavoidable. Students have to be on time, since quizzes will take place at the beginning of a lecture without prior announcement. Exams are closed book, closed notes, no calculator allowed unless adviced otherwise by the instructor. Cheating in an exam or quizz will result in an assignment of zero points for that exam or quizz.

The following schedule shows the dates of exams (E), reading assignments (R) and homework (H). R numbers refer to the corresponding chapters in the textbook (see above). H numbers refer to the chapter, P to the problems to be solved, i. e. H 1P2,8,14,24,50 means problems 2, 8, 14, 24 and 50 in chapter 1. Homework is due at the beginning of a lecture. Homework given in brackets, e. g. [H 5P1,5,9], will not be graded, i. e. don't turn it in.

2002
Mo Tu We Th Fr
01/21

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
01/22
01/23

intro, 1.1-1.4
01/24
01/25

R 1.5-1.9
01/28

R 2.1-2.3, H 1P2,8,14,24,50
01/29
01/30

R 2.4-2.5
01/31
02/01

R 2.6-2.8
02/04

R 3.1-3.3+3.5, H 2P4,18,30,40,58,62
02/05
02/06

R 4.1-4.4
02/07
02/08

R 4.5-4.8, H 3P4,6,10,26,40
02/11

R 4.9-4.13
02/12
02/13

R 5.1-5.4, H 4P2,12,28,34,52, [H 5P1,5,9]
02/14
02/15

R 5.5-5.6+5.8, review 1-5, [H 5P15,25,35,45]
02/18

President's Day
02/19
02/20

E1
02/21
02/22

review E1
02/25

R 6.1-6.2
02/26
02/27

R 6.3-6.5
02/28
03/01

R 6.6-6.9
03/04

R 7.1-7.2, H 6P6,32,40,64,68
03/05
03/06

R 7.3-7.5
03/07
03/08

R 8.1-8.3, H 7P6,16,32,44
03/11

R 8.4-8.6
03/12
03/13

R 9.1-9.3, H 8P6,26,36,48
03/14
03/15

R 9.4-9.6
03/18

R 10.1-10.3, H 9P4,18,40,50,56
03/19
03/20

R 10.4-10.5
03/21
03/22

R 10.6-10.8
03/25

spring recess
03/26
03/27

spring recess
03/28
03/29

spring recess
04/01

R 11.1-11.5, H 10P8,30,40,56
04/02
04/03

R 11.6-11.8, [H 11P3,13,27,37]
04/04
04/05

R 11.9-11.10, review 6-11, [H 11P47,59]
04/08

E2
04/09
04/10

review E2
04/11
04/12

R 12.1-12.5
04/15

R 12.6-12.8
04/16
04/17

R 12.9-12.10 + 13.1-13.2, H 12P4,10,40,44,60
04/18
04/19

R 13.3-13.4 + 14.1-14.2
04/22

R 14.3-14.4, H 13P8,10,12,26
04/23
04/24

R 15.1-15.4
04/25
04/26

R 15.5-15.7, H 14P4,18,30,40
04/29

R 15.8-15.10, [H 15P1,17,21,33]
04/30
05/01

R 15.11, review 12-15, [H 15P45,61,71,77]
05/02
05/03

E3
05/06

review E3
05/07
05/08

general review
05/09
05/10

general review
05/13
05/14
05/15

FINAL EXAM 10:10 a.m.
05/16
05/17

ConcepTests relevant to chapters 1-5: C1, C2, C3, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, C13,

ConcepTests relevant to chapters 6-11: C14, C15, C16, C17, C18, C19, C20, C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26, C27, C28, C30,

ConcepTests relevant to chapters 12-15: C31, C32, C33, C34

Solutions to ConcepTests
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