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Physics 2302: Intermediate Classical Mechanics Course Overview

This course dives into Special Relativity, Thermodynamics, and Statistical Physics, featuring lectures, Homework, Exams, and online resources to facilitate learning. Stay updated on announcements and resources via the class website. Homework, exams, group work, and study resources are emphasized for success. Attendance is crucial for a complete learning experience. Utilize online resources and email for engagement and support. Learn and engage with resources provided for a holistic learning approach in physics.

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Physics 2302: Intermediate Classical Mechanics Course Overview

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  1. Summary of ~2400 years of Physics! Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Isaac Newton (1643-1727) Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

  2. Welcome to • Physics 2302: • Physics III • “Intermediate Classical Mechanics” • The course Title is misleading! • Actually, it is a course in • Special Relativity + • Thermodynamics + • Statistical Physics

  3. Class Website! http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/Phys2302/2302.html This is UNDERGOING RENOVATION & CONSTRUCTION!There, you will find: 1. Posted (Word): Syllabus, Help Resources, (eventually) some old Exams & Homework (& solutions). 2. Posted (Power Point format): Some Lectures 3.Important Class Announcements/Calendar Items! 4. Other important items relating to this class. PLEASE!! Get into the habit of checking this page often!

  4. Announcement Page! • Linked from the class Home Page is: The Announcement Page: http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/Phys2302/announce.html This will contain class announcements & major calendar items. Please check it often! • You might also want to check out My Web pages: http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/ http://www.depts.ttu.edu/phas/People/Faculty/bio_myles/bio_myles.php

  5. Class Email Distribution List! • It is VERYimportant that I have your Up to Date Email Address!! • I will use the email distribution list to make important class announcements!!! • PLEASE check your email DAILY!!! • PLEASE tell me if you change your email address!

  6. Homework= 30% of your grade Problems will be assigned regularly!! • May come from selected chapters of the Feynman Lectures on physics, from the supplements, or elsewhere. • Working problems is the most effective means of learning physics. Homework is due at 5PM on the due date. NO late homework will be accepted You are strongly encouraged to WORK ON HOMEWORK, IN GROUPS TOGETHER! This is how most scientists & engineers work in the “real” world!

  7. Mid-Term & Final Exams Each Exam = 35% of grade Will likely have In Class & Take Home parts: • In Classportion: Mostly qualitative questions that must be answered using words, not math. To assess understanding of physical concepts. • Take Homeportion: Problems to assess understanding of mathematical tools.

  8. Where to Go for Help?? Your Fellow Students!!! A very effective strategy is to work on Homework & to study together in a group. This is how professionals work in the “real world”. Me (office hours or not!) The Internet!!! There are LARGE numbers of websites devoted to the topics covered in this course! Using Google & typing in Physics” gives millions of hits!!!! Class Website!

  9. To Succeed in this Course • READthe suggested chapters in the Feynman Lectures. It’s most effective to read the material BEFORE I lecture on it! • READsome of the supplementary books or other resources to give you different treatments of the material. • WORKthe assigned homework problems!! It is IMPOSSIBLE to learn physics without working problems!

  10. To Succeed in this Course It is IMPOSSIBLE to learn physics without working problems! BUT! 1. Copying solutions WON’Tteach you physics! 2. Finding problem solutions on the internet, copying them & turning them in as your own work willNOTteach you physics! Either #1 or #2 isCHEATING!! If discovered, itWON’Tbe tolerated!

  11. To Succeed in this Course COME TO CLASS!! • There is a correlation between attendance & grade! Also, skipping means that you are WASTING the tuition & fees that you paid! With tuition & fees for a full-time student, each class meeting costs about $30. Each time you skip, you are throwing away $30!! After a while this adds up! My lectures may not be entertaining or brilliant, but I expose you to the material. ATTENDANCE!!! THE WEEKEND DOESN’T BEGIN FRIDAY, which IS A REGULAR CLASS DAY!!!!

  12. Due to the diversity of topics, no single good textbook is available. • But, Power Point lectures on the topics discussed will be available for download. • As discussed in the syllabus, selected chapters from The Feynman Lectures on Physics(free for downloading on the Web) will provide an outline for much of the course.

  13. Someof the lectures on relativitywill be supplemented by material originally prepared (some years ago!) for Physics 4304 (Classical Mechanics). • Similarly, someof the lectures on Thermodynamics & Statistical Physicswill be supplemented by material originally prepared for Physics 4302 (Statistical & Thermal Physics).

  14. On-Line Resources for Course Topics • Sources of material for the lectures will be a combination of TheFeynman Lectures on Physics, and textbooks used recently for undergraduate courses on Classical Mechanics (for relativity) & Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics.Most of  The Feynman Lectures, are available on-line for free. (See: http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/) •  The portions of the Feynman Lectures corresponding to the course topics are discussed in detail in the Syllabus.

  15. There are also other on-line resources which you may find useful, not only in this course, but in the future. For example: The Motion Mountainseries on Physics, by Christopher Schiller, which is a FREE textbook that comes in 5 downloadable PDF volumes. • In addition to these on-line resources, two Suggested Supplementary Books are mentioned in the syllabus. • Approximately the first half of the semester will be devoted to discussions of Relativity • Approximately the second half of the semester will be devoted to discussions of Themodynamics & Statistical Mechanics. 

  16. Course Objectives 1.To introduce students to Relativity,  Thermodynamics, & Statistical Mechanics to prepare them for more advanced courses on these topics later in their studies. • 2.For Physics majorsto learn the fundamentals of these important topics. • 3.Students majoring in other sciences or engineering are also welcome, provided that they have a sufficient physics & math background.

  17. Extra Credit?

  18. Extra Credit? Hopefully, this isn’t you, because my answer will always be NO!!!

  19. Please read my emails!

  20. Read the Syllabus!

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