PHYSICS 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gravitational Acceleration, Length Scale, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes
9 Feb 2016
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Physics bridges all these applied disciplines and relates them to mathematics: take the natural world and pick it apart to the minimal essential elements and then develop a mathematical model to describe the real world around us . A cell moving, biophysicists create simple mathematical models to predict oscillations that are seen. Observation: identify key properties of a system. Model behavior: illustrates the key relationships which lead to the behavior of the system, can be used to predict further behaviors. Take a reductionist approach to the understanding of the world. Module 1: the predictable universe; from measurements to models. Units of measurement: unit conversions, vectors. Identify the approach taken by physicists to understanding complex phenomena. Recognize that measurements are really comparisons with a standard unit of measure, and that different standard units can be related to each other. Distinguish between the specific units of a measured quantity, and the more general statement of the dimensions of the.
