Physics 198 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thermodynamics, Observable Universe, Veritasium
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Newton (classical mechanics) -> maxwell/boltzmann/and others (thermodynamics and electromagnetism) -> einstein (special and general relativity) -> quantum mechanics (schrodinger, heisenberg, etc. ) Electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics and thermodynamics is far less intuitive than classical mechanics which can be seen and felt. Notes: intuition is often wrong, be imaginative, focus on the demos that occur in class. Will begin to understand how lasers work, how mri works, how x-rays work, how radars work, how nuclear power works. Veritasium: youtube channel that illustrates physics phenomenon to help gain insight on how physics works to improve understanding of topics. Will obtain 6 daily hw drops and 1 weekly hw drop for the semester. 2 types of electric charge: positive and negative positive: proton negative: electron (is the moving chargeblame ben franklin) Charges interact via coulomb"s law (coulomb"s law) is approximately 10^(35) for a proton. This is approximately the ratio for the size of an atom to the size of the observable universe.
