General Physics A II (Spring, 2018)
<br>Lecturer: Prof. Hsiu-Hau LIN
<br>Schedule: 10:10 - 12:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays
<br>Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (9th edition, Serway and Jewett)
<br>You can find the lecture videos in NTHU OpenCourseWare
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<br>====== Brief Intro ======
<br>(1) Your grade will be evaluated by two midterms and one final.
<br>(2) All lecture materials can be found on my wikispace (http://hsiuhau.wikispaces.com).
<br>(3) Problem-ba<x>sed learning in Google Classroom. Every student is encouraged (not 
<br>forced) to take on active learning role and to participate classroom discussions.
<br>(4) If you just want to sit in the class passively, please DO NOT take this course -- many 
<br>thanks!
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<br>====== Ten-Question Syllabus ======
<br>Q11: Why are most materials charge neutral?
<br>Q12: What causes lightning?
<br>Q13: Can magnetic forces do work?
<br>Q14: How does the geomagnetic field arise?
<br>Q15: Why can light propagate in vacuum?
<br>Q16: What is the nature of light?
<br>Q17: Why are atoms stable?
<br>Q18: How is the secret of life encoded?
<br>Q19: How can we date fossils?
<br>Q20: What are the building blocks of our universe?
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<br>====== Class Lectures ======
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<br>Week 1
<br>Feb 22: Course Introduction
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<br>Week 2
<br>Feb 27: Why are most materials charge neutral?
<br>Mar 1: electric field
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<br>Week 3
<br>Mar 6: Gauss law
<br>Mar 8: What causes lightning?
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<br>Week 4
<br>Mar 13: electrostatic potential energy
<br>Mar 15: Can magnetic forces do work?
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<br>Week 5
<br>Mar 20: magnetic dipoles
<br>Mar 22: Hall effect
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<br>Week 6
<br>Mar 27: Midterm 1 (Q11, Q12, Q13)
<br>Mar 29: Midterm 1 discussions
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<br>Week 7
<br>Apr 3: How does the geomagnetic field arise?
<br>Apr 5: 清明節
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<br>Week 8
<br>Apr 10: Biot-Savart law
<br>Apr 12: Ampere law
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<br>Week 9
<br>Apr 17: Why can light propagate in vacuum?
<br>Apr 19: Faraday's law
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<br>Week 10
<br>Apr 24: energy in magnetic field
<br>Apr 26: Maxwell equations
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<br>Week 11
<br>May 1: Maxwell equations 2
<br>May 3: What is the nature of light?
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<br>Week 12
<br>May 8: resolution limit of light
<br>May 10: photons
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<br>Week 13
<br>May 15: Midterm 2 (Q14, Q15, Q16)
<br>May 17: Midterm 2 discussions
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<br>Week 14
<br>May 22: Why are atoms stable?
<br>May 24: uncertainty principles
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<br>Week 15
<br>May 29: Schrodinger equation
<br>May 31: energy quantization
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<br>Week 16
<br>June 5: quantum tunnelling
<br>June 7: magic numbers in periodic table
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<br>Week 17
<br>June 12: How is the secret of life encoded?
<br>June 14: quantum theory of solids
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<br>(Skipped Materials)
<br>Q19-1: How can we date fossils?
<br>Q19-2: magnetic resonance imaging
<br>Q20-1: What are the building blocks of our universe?
<br>Q20-2: after the big bang
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<br>Week 18 (Final Week)
<br>June 19: Final (Q17, Q18)
<br>June 21: Final discussions