A calculus-based survey of Physics. This first semester covers topics in mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, and wave motion.
Labs develop the crucial ability to elicit understanding of the physical world.
Rose 108 Distrib. E CRN 93354 Elements of thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and statistical mechanics. Equations of state, first and second laws, distribution functions, the partition function, quantum statistics. Concepts and techniques of vector and tensor analysis, line and surface integration, and complex function analysis will be developed in this course. These mathematical methods are particularly useful in thermodynamics and electromagnetism.