General Physics (I) (Fall, 2014)
Lecturer: Prof. Hsiu-Hau Lin

Ten Questions for General Physics I

Q1: What is time?
Q2: How to describe a dynamical system?
Q3: Is energy always conserved?
Q4: Why do forces appear in pairs?
Q5: How does a rotating top maintain its balance?
Q6: Are black holes black?
Q7: Is pressure in liquids a scalar, a vector or a tensor?
Q8: What is propagating in traveling waves?
Q9: How is thermal equilibrium reached?
Q10: How to quantify uncertainty in a statistical system?

(1) 學期共有三次評量:兩次期中考與期末考。三次分數加總後,其平均值為期末原始分數,視全班學習
狀況於整體比較後,以等第制給定最後的成績。

(2) 每次考試有5題,每題佔20分,共100分。考試可以攜帶課本、豪豬筆記與自己的筆記,但請勿因為心
慌而大量影印不相干的資料。考試期間不可交談討論、不可使用通訊器材與外聯絡,也請不要偷看他人答
案。