General Physics A II (Spring, 2024)
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<br>Lecturer: Prof. Hsiu-Hau LIN
<br>Schedule: 10:10 - 12:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays
<br>Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Serway and Jewett)
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<br>Ten-Question Syllabus (Semester II)
<br>Q1: Why are most materials charge neutral? 
<br>Q2: What causes lightning?
<br>Q3: Can magnetic forces do work?
<br>Q4: How does the Earth’s magnetism arise?
<br>Q5: Why can light propagate through vacuum?
<br>Q6: What is the nature of light?
<br>Q7: Why are atoms stable?
<br>Q8: How is the secret of life encoded?
<br>Q9: How can we date fossils?
<br>Q10: What are the elementary building blocks of our universe?
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<br>(1) This course follows a 16-week syllabus with extra learning materials available 
<br>online (https://ocw.nthu.edu.tw/ocw/index.php?page=course&cid=107)
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<br>(2) AI tools (like ChatGPT) are allowed with necessary explanations.
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<br>(3) Important dates: 
<br>Week 8 - Midterm Apr 9 (Tue)
<br>Week 16 - Final June 4 (Tue)
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<br>Class Lectures
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<br>Week 1
<br>Course introduction
<br>Q1: Why are most materials charge neutral?
<br>Gauss law
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<br>Week 2
<br>Q2: What causes lightning?
<br>electrostatic potential energy
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<br>Week 3
<br>Q3: Can magnetic forces do work?
<br>magnetic dipoles
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<br>Week 4
<br>Q4: How does the geomagnetic field arise?
<br>Ampere law
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<br>Week 5
<br>Q5: Why can light propagate in vacuum?
<br>Faraday law
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<br>Week 6
<br>energy in magnetic field
<br>Maxwell equations 1
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<br>Week 7
<br>清明節
<br>Maxwell equations 2
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<br>Week 8
<br>== Apr 9 == midterm (Q1-Q5)
<br>Q6: What is the nature of light?
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<br>Week 9
<br>photons
<br>== Apr 18 == midterm discussions
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<br>Week 10
<br>Q7: Why are atoms stable?
<br>uncertainty principles
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<br>Week 11
<br>Schrodinger equation
<br>energy quantization
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<br>Week 12
<br>quantum tunnelling
<br>magic numbers in periodic table
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<br>Week 13
<br>Q8: How is the secret of life encoded?
<br>quantum theory of solids
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<br>Week 14
<br>Q9: How can we date fossils?
<br>Magnetic resonance imaging
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<br>Week 15
<br>Q10: What are the building blocks of our universe?
<br>after the big bang
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<br>Week 16
<br>== June 4 == final (Q6-Q10)
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<br>Week 17
<br>== June 13 == final discussions
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