General Physics I

Course Information

Prof. WAN, Xin （万歆）

xinwan@zju.edu.cn http://zimp.zju.edu.cn/~xinwan/

Here Comes Gravitational Wave

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Interstellar (2014)

02/10/15 http://zimp.zju.edu.cn/~xinwan/ When I’m up there in hypersleep, or…travelling near the speed

of light, or…near a black hole, time’s gonna change for me.

The Coolest Stuff in the Universe

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Goodbye, Moore!

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Quantum Computer?

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Computing with Quantum Knots?

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Graham P. Collins Scientific American April 2006

Quantum Cognition

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Nobel Prizes in Physics •  2015, neutrino oscillation •  2014, blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) •  2013, Higgs mechanism •  2012, quantum manipulation •  2011, accelerating expansion of the Universe •  2010, graphene •  2009, fiber and CCD sensor •  2008, broken symmetry •  2007, giant magnetoresistance (GMR) •  2006, precision measurement of cosmic microwave background

What are under study?

•  Understand the laws that rule from elementary particles to the Universe

•  About everything new –  New materials –  New energy resources –  New technologies (medical imaging, laser surgery, space

travel, …) –  New ideas (information, computing, cognition, …)

What We Will Cover

n  General Physics I ✦  Mechanics ✦  Thermodynamics

n  General Physics II ✦  Electricity & Magnetism ✦  Optics ✦  Atomic Physics

Covered in This Semester

✦  Mechanics – Newton’s Laws and Their Applications – Fluid Mechanics and Waves – Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

✦  Thermodynamics – The Kinetic Theory of Gases – The Laws of Thermodynamics – Entropy and Information

Course Plan

✦  Weeks 1-4: From Newton’s Laws to Conservation Laws

✦  Weeks 5-8: Rotation and Vibration

✦  Weeks 9-12: Fluids, Waves, and the Theory of Relativity

✦  Weeks 13-16: Thermodynamics

Physics by Resnick, Halliday & Krane

5th ed.

Additional References

✦  赵凯华等，《力学》、《热学》，新概念物理教程，高等教育出版社

✦  C. Kittel et al., Mechanics, Berkeley Physics Course (In SI Units) – Vol. 1, McGraw-Hill Education, 2011 (机械工业出版社，2014)

✦  R. P. Feynman et al., The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I & II, Addison-Wesley, 1963

✦  N. David Mermin, It’s About Time: Understanding Einstein’s Relativity, Princeton University Press, 2005

Course Organization

✦  Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday morning

✦  Homework: To be given on Thursday and due before class the following Thursday.

✦  TA: Zhenyu Li (1522794493@qq.com)

Course Grade

✦  Homework: 30% (graded by TAs) ✦  Three In-Class tests: 30%

Ø  March 24, 2016 Ø  May 5, 2016 Ø  June 7, 2016

✦  Final exam: 40%

Tips

✦  Come to the lectures ✦  Do the homework ✦  Do not play with your mobile phones

or laptops in class ✦  Ask questions

Email Rules

•  Use your official Zhejiang University email account if possible.

•  Put "[PHYSICS]" in the subject line and include some words about the subject of your email. For example: "[PHYSICS] questions on gravity.”

•  Put your real name in the signature of your email message. •  Check course web pages to download homework and

solutions. Don’t ask. •  Send questions on problem sets to TA for prompt replies.

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