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S01 | E01

Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling Arguments

S01 | E02

1D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration

S01 | E03

Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics

S01 | E04

3D Kinematics - Free Falling Reference Frames

S01 | E05

Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived Gravity

S01 | E06

Newton's Laws

S01 | E07

Weight - Perceived Gravity - Weightlessness Free Fall - Zero Gravity in Orbit (misnomer)

S01 | E08

Friction

S01 | E09

Exam Review

S01 | E10

Hooke's Law - Springs - Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum - Small Angle Approximation

S01 | E11

Work - Kinetic Energy - Potential Energy - Conservative Forces - Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

S01 | E12

Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal Velocity

S01 | E13

Potential Energy - Energy Considerations to Derive Simple Harmonic Motion

S01 | E14

Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - Power

S01 | E15

Momentum - Conservation of Momentum - Center of Mass

S01 | E16

Collisions - Elastic and Inelastic - Center of Mass Frame of Reference

S01 | E17

Impulse - Rockets

S01 | E18

Exam Review

S01 | E19

Rotating Rigid Bodies - Moment of Inertia - Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem - Rotational Kinetic Energy - Fly Wheels - Neutron Stars - Pulsars

S01 | E20

Angular Momentum - Torques - Conservation of Angular Momentum - Spinning Neutron Stars - Stellar Collapse

S01 | E21

Torques - Oscillating Bodies - Hoops

S01 | E22

Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham Sandwich

S01 | E23

Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes

S01 | E24

Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - VERY NON-INTUITIVE

S01 | E25

Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope Walker

S01 | E26

Elasticity - Young's Modulus

S01 | E27

Fluid Mechanics - Pascal's Principle - Hydrostatics - Atmospheric Pressure - Over Pressure in Lungs and Tires

S01 | E28

Hydrostatics - Archimedes' Principle - Fluid Dynamics - What Makes Your Boat Float? - Bernoulli's Equation

S01 | E29

Exam Review

S01 | E30

Simple Harmonic Oscillations - Energy Considerations - Torsional Pendulum

S01 | E31

Forced Oscillations - Normal Modes - Resonance - Natural Frequencies - Musical Instruments

S01 | E32

Heat - Thermal Expansion

S01 | E33

Kinetic Gas Theory - Ideal Gas Law - Isothermal Atmosphere - Phase Diagrams - Phase Transitions

S01 | E34

The Wonderful Quantum World - Breakdown of Classical Mechanics

S01 | E35

Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics

S01 | E99

Course Introduction

S02 | E01

What holds our world together? Electric Charges (Historical), Polarization, Electric Force, Coulomb's Law

S02 | E02

Electric Field, Field Lines, Superposition, Inductive Charging, Dipoles, Induced Dipoles

S02 | E03

Electric Flux, Gauss's Law, Examples

S02 | E04

Electrostatic Potential, Electric Energy, eV, Conservative Field, Equipotential Surfaces

S02 | E05

E = -grad V, More on Equipotential Surfaces, Conductors, Electrostatic Shielding (Faraday Cage)

S02 | E06

High-Voltage Breakdown, Lightning, Sparks - St Elmo's Fire

S02 | E07

Capacitance, Field Energy

S02 | E08

Polarization, Dielectrics, The Van de Graaff, More on Capacitors

S02 | E09

Currents, Resistivity, Ohm's Law

S02 | E10

Batteries, EMF, Energy Conservation, Power, Kirchhoff's Rules, Circuits, Kelvin Water Dropper

S02 | E11

Magnetic Field, Lorentz Force, Torques, Electric Motors (DC), Oscilloscope

S02 | E12

Review Exam 1 (Secret Top!)

S02 | E13

Moving Charges in B-fields, Cyclotron, Synchrotron, Mass Spectrometer, Cloud Chamber

S02 | E14

Biot-Savart Law, Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields, Revisit the "Leyden Jar", High-Voltage Power Lines

S02 | E15

Ampere's Law, Solenoids, Revisit the Kelvin Water Dropper, Midterm Evaluation

S02 | E16

Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Law, Lenz Law, Complete Breakdown of Intuition, Non-Conservative Fields

S02 | E17

Motional EMF, Dynamos, Eddy Currents, Magnetic Braking

S02 | E18

Displacement Current (Difficult Concept), Synchronous Motors, Induction Motors, Secret Top, How does it work?

S02 | E19

How do magicians levitate women? Electric Shock Treatment, Electrocardiogram, Pacemakers, Superconductivity, Levitating Bullet Trains, Aurora Borealis

S02 | E20

Inductance, RL Circuits, Magnetic Field Energy

S02 | E21

Magnetic Materials, Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetism, Prize Ceremony of Motor Contest

S02 | E22

Hysteresis, Electromagnets, Bohr Magneton, Maxwell's Equations

S02 | E23

Review Exam 2

S02 | E24

Transformers, Car Coils, RC Circuits

S02 | E25

Driven LRC Circuits, Resonance, Metal Detectors (Beach/Airport)

S02 | E26

Traveling Waves, Standing Waves, Musical Instruments

S02 | E27

Resonance, Destructive Resonance, Electromagnetic Waves, Speed of Light, Radio, TV, Distance Determinations using Radar and Lasers

$Index of Refraction, Poynting Vector, Oscillating Charges, Radiation Pressure, Comet Tails, Polarization (Linear, Elliptical, and Circular)$

S02 | E28

Index of Refraction, Poynting Vector, Oscillating Charges, Radiation Pressure, Comet Tails, Polarization (Linear, Elliptical, and Circular)

$Snell's Law, Refraction, Total Reflection, Dispersion, Prisms, Huygen's Principle, The Illusion of Color, The Weird Benham Top, Land's Famous Demo$

S02 | E29

Snell's Law, Refraction, Total Reflection, Dispersion, Prisms, Huygen's Principle, The Illusion of Color, The Weird Benham Top, Land's Famous Demo

S02 | E30

Polarizers, Malus's Law, Brewster Angle, Polarization by Reflection and Scattering, Why is the sky blue, Why are sunsets red?

S02 | E31

Rainbows, Fog Bows, Supernumerary Bows, Polarization of the Bows, Haloes around the Sun and Moon, Coronae, Glories, Mock Suns (Sun Dogs)

S02 | E32

Review Exam 3

S02 | E33

Double-Slit Interference, Interferometers

$Gratings, Resolving Power, Single-Slit Diffraction, Angular Resolution, Human Eye - Telescopes$

S02 | E34

Gratings, Resolving Power, Single-Slit Diffraction, Angular Resolution, Human Eye - Telescopes

S02 | E35

Doppler Effect, The Big Bang, Cosmology

S02 | E36

Farewell Special

S03 | E01

Periodic Phenomena (Oscillations, Waves) - SHO - Complex Notation - Differential Equations - Physical Pendulum

S03 | E02

Beats - Damped Free Oscillations (Under- Over- and Critically Damped) - Quality Q

S03 | E03

Forced Oscillations with Damping

S03 | E04

Forced Oscillations - Power at Resonance (Resonance Absorption, Resonance Width, Quality Q) - Transient Phenomena (General Solutions including Initial Conditions)