PHYS 2001 Lecture : Lecture 1 Intro To Physics
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From the very big to the very small, physics covers it all! This semester we will focus on classical mechanics big things moving slowly (wrt the speed of light). Next semester you will study electricity and magnetism and. Physics is the most fundamental of all the natural sciences. The strength of physics as a science is that all of the physical laws are based on experimental results. It has practical applications, but that is not the main reason you do it. Our goal is to describe and explain how and why the world works the way it does. Through this process you will become analytical thinkers and effective problem solvers. Physics is the perfect vehicle for doing this. These are the skills you should take with you when you leave this course. We are going to want to measure things like length, mass, and time. There are several different systems of units used for measurement:
