Week 1 |
Recitation: No Reciation |
Lab: No Lab |
| 9/4 |
1 |
1.Introduction to the class
1.1The disciplines: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Math
1.1.1Science as making models
1.1.4What Physics can do for Biologists
1.2 Thinking about Thinking and Knowing
1.2.1 The nature of scientific knowledge
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Why is this class different? |
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| 9/6 |
2 |
2. Modeling
with mathematics
2.1 Using math in science
2.1.1 How math in science is different from math in math
2.1.2 Measurement
2.1.3 Dimensions and units
2.1.3.1 Complex dimensions and dimensional analysis
2.1.3.2 Changing units
2.1.4 Estimation
2.1.4.1 Useful numbers
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Measurement and Math: Dimensions and Units |
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Week 2 |
Recitation: How big is a worm |
Lab: Survey and Intro |
| 9/9 |
3 |
I-1 Interlude 1: The Main Question: How do things move?
3 Kinematics: Where and When?
3.1.1 Coordinates
3.1.2 Vectors
3.1.3 Time
3.1.4 Kinematics Graphs
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Coordinates, graphs, and vectors |
Quiz 1 |
| 9/11 |
4 |
2.2.5 Values, change, and rates of change
2.2.5.1 Derivatives
2.2.5.1.1 What is a derivative, anyway?
3.2 Kinematic Variables
3.2.1 Velocity
3.2.1.1 Average velocity
3.2.1.2 Instantaneous velocity
3.2.1.3 Calculating with average velocity
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Rate of change and velocity -- instantaneous and average |
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| 9/13 |
5 |
3.2.2 Acceleration
3.2.2.1 Average acceleration
3.2.2.2 Instantaneous acceleration
3.2.2.3 Calculating with constant acceleration
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acceleration |
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Week 3 |
Recitation: Cat and Antelope |
Lab: Quantifying motion from Images and Videos |
| 9/16 |
6 |
4.1.1 Physical content of Newton's Laws
4.1.1.1 Object egotism
4.1.1.2 Inertia
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Physical content of Newton's Laws; |
Quiz 2 |
| 9/18 |
7 |
4.1.1.3 Interactions
4.1.1.4 Superposition
4.1.1.5 Mass
4.1.1.6 Reciprocity
4.1.2.2.2 System Schema Introduction
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Physical content of Newton's laws |
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| 9/20 |
8 |
4.1.2.2 Newton 0
4.1.2.2.1 Free-body diagrams
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Newton 0 and System Schema |
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Week 4 |
Recitation:Thinking about forces for objects and systems |
Lab: Quantifying motion from Images and Videos |
| 9/23 |
9 |
4.1.2.4 Newton's 2nd law
4.1.2.4.1 Reading the content in Newton's 2nd law
4.1.2.4.2 Newton 2 as a stepping rule
4.1.2.4.2.1 Newton 2 on a spreadsheet
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What's a force? Newton 2 |
Quiz 3 |
| 9/25 |
10 |
4.1.2.5 Newton's 3rd law
4.1.2.5.1 Using system schemas for Newton's 3rd law
4.1.2 Formulation of Newton's Laws as foothold principles
4.1.2.1 Quantifying impulse and force
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Newton's 3rd law |
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| 9/27 |
11 |
4.2 Kinds of Forces
4.2.1 Springs
4.2.1.1 Realistic springs
4.2.1.2 Normal forces
4.2.1.2.1 A simple model of solid matter
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Forces: Springs, tension, and normal forces |
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Week 5 |
Recitation: The spring constant of DNA |
Lab 2: Inferring force characteristics from motion analysis. |
| 9/30 |
12 |
4.2.1.3 Tension forces
4.2.2 Resistive forces
4.2.2.1 Friction
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Forces: Springs, tension, and normal forces |
Quiz 4 |
| 10/2 |
13 |
Review for Midterm 1 |
Review |
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| 10/4 |
14 |
No HW due |
MID TERM 1 |
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Week 6 |
Recitation: |
Lab: Inferring force characteristics from motion analysis |
| 10/7 |
15 |
4.2.2.2
Viscosity
4.2.2.3 Drag |
Go over midterm/ viscosity and drag |
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| 10/9 |
16 |
4.2.3 Gravitational forces
4.2.3.1 Flat-earth gravity
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Springs and Resistive Forces |
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| 10/11 |
17 |
4.2.3.1.1 Free-fall in flat-earth gravity
4.2.3.3 The gravitational field
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Gravity |
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Week 7 |
Recitation: |
Lab: Observing Brownian motion |
| 10/14 |
18 |
4.2.4 Electric forces
4.2.4.1 Charge and the structure of matter
4.2.4.2 Polarization
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Electric force and polarization |
Quiz 5 |
| 10/16 |
19 |
4.2.4.3 Coulomb's law
4.2.4.3.1 Coulomb's law -- vector character
4.2.4.3.2 Reading the content in Coulomb's law
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Coulomb's law |
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| 10/18 |
20 |
4.2.4.4 The Electric field
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Electric Field |
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Week 8 |
Recitation: |
Lab: Observing Brownian motion |
| 10/21 |
21 |
4.3 Coherent vs. random motion
4.3.1 Linear momentum
4.3.1.1 Restating Newton's 2nd law: momentum
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Electric Fields and Momentum |
Quiz 6 |
| 10/23 |
22 |
4.3.1.2 Momentum conservation
4.3.2 The role of randomness: Biological implications
4.3.2.1 Diffusion and random walks
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Coherent motion: Momentum and Momentum conservation |
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| 10/25 |
23 |
4.3.2.2 Fick's law |
Random motion and diffusion -- Fick's law |
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Week 9 |
Recitation: |
Lab: Observing Brownian motion |
| 10/28 |
24 |
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Random Motion and Diffusion |
Quiz 7 |
| 10/30 |
25 |
5.2 Fluids
5.2.1 Pressure
7.1 Kinetic theory: the ideal gas law |
Basics of fluids: pressure and temperature |
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| 11/1 |
26 |
5. Macro models of matter
5.1.1 Density-solids
5.1.2 Young's modulus
5.1.6 Soft matter
5.1.6.1 Mechanical properties of cells |
Properties of solids and gels |
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Week 10 |
Recitation: |
Lab: The competition between Brownian motion and directed forces |
| 11/4 |
27 |
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Buoyancy |
Quiz 8 |
| 11/6 |
28 |
No HW due |
Intro to fluids |
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| 11/8 |
29 |
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MID TERM 2 |
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Week 11 |
Recitation: |
Lab: The competition between Brownian motion and directed forces |
| 11/11 |
30 |
3.1.2.3 The
gradient: a vector derivative
5.2.2 Archimedes' Principle
5.2.3 Buoyancy |
Go over midterm/ fluids |
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| 11/13 |
31 |
5.2.5.2.1 Surface tension
5.2.6 Fluid flow
5.2.6.1 Quantifying fluid flow
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Fluid flow |
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| 11/15 |
32 |
5.2.6.2 The continuity equation
5.2.6.3 Internal flow -- the HP equation |
Fluid flow -- the HP equation |
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Week 12 |
Recitation: |
Lab: Motion and Work in living systems |
| 11/18 |
33 |
6. Energy: The Quantity of Motion
6.1 Kinetic energy and the work-energy
theorem
6.1.1 Reading the content in the Work-Energy theorem
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Work and energy |
Quiz 9 |
| 11/20 |
34 |
6.2 Energy of place -- potential energy
6.2.1 Gravitational potential
energy
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Work and energy |
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| 11/22 |
35 |
6.2.2 Spring potential energy
6.2.3 Electric potential energy |
Energy and Energy conservation |
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Week 13 |
Recitation: |
Lab: no lab |
| 11/25 |
36 |
6.3 The conservation of mechanical energy
6.3.1 Interpreting
mechanical energy graphs
6.3.2 Mechanical energy loss -- thermal energy
| Energy conservation |
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| 11/27 |
37 |
6.3.3 Forces
from potential energy
6.4.1 Energy at the sub-molecular level
6.4.2 Atomic and Molecular
forces
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Energy and molecular forces |
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Week 14 |
Recitation: |
Lab: Motion and Work in living systems |
| 12/2 |
38 |
6.4.2.1 Interatomic forces
6.4.2.1.1 The Lennard-Jones Potential
6.4.2.2 Chemical bonding
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Energy and molecular forces |
Quiz 10 |
| 12/4 |
39 |
5.3 Heat and temperature
5.3.2 Thermal
properties of matter
5.3.2.1 Thermal energy and specific
heat
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Heat, temperature, and the 1st law |
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| 12/6 |
40 |
5.3.2.2 Heat capacity
5.3.2.3 Heat transfer
I-2: Interlude 2: The Micro to Macro Connection
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Heat, temperature, and the 1st law |
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Week 15 |
Recitation: |
Lab: Makeup Labs and Surveys |
| 12/9 |
41 |
7. Thermodynamics and Statistical
Physics
7.3 The 1st law of thermodynamics
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Entropy |
Quiz 11 |
| 12/11 |
42 |
7.4.1 Why we need a 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
7.4.2 The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: A Probabilistic Law
7.4.3 Implications
of the Second Law of Thermodynamics |
The second law |
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| 12/13 |
43 |
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Review |
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Final Exam |
Wednesday December 18th 6.30pm-8.30pm |
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