University Physics with Modern Physics ISE

Dr. Wolfgang Bauer is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University and has a joint appointment at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory. His research is in theoretical and computational physics, with emphasis areas in nuclear and astrophysics, chaos and non-linear dynamics, and renewable energies. He also serves as Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and is Director of the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research. Dr. Gary Westfall is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He is conducting his research in experimental nuclear physics at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL), where he has a joint appointment. He also does research at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory as a member the STAR Collaboration.

• 0) The Big PicturePart 1 - Mechanics of Point Particles1) Overview2) Motion in a Straight Line3) Motion in Two and Three Dimensions4) Force5) Kinetic Energy, Work, and Power6) Potential Energy and Energy Conservation7) Momentum and CollisionsPart 2 - Extended Objects, Matter and Circular Motion8) Systems of Particles and Extended Objects9) Circular Motion10) Rotation11) Static Equilibrium12) Gravitation13) Solids and FluidsPart 3 - Oscillations and Waves14) Oscillations15) Waves16) SoundPart 4 - Thermal Physics17) Temperature18) Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics19) Ideal Gases20) The Second Law of ThermodynamicsPart 5 - Electricity21) Electrostatics22) Electric Fields and Gauss’s Law23) Electric Potential24) Capacitors25) Current and Resistance26) Direct Current CircuitsPart 6 - Magnetism27) Magnetism28) Magnetic Fields of Moving Charges29) Electromagnetic Induction30) Alternating Current Circuits31) Electromagnetic WavesPart 7 - Optics32) Geometric Optics33) Lenses and Optical Instruments34) Wave OpticsPart 8 - Relativity and Quantum Physics35) Relativity36) Quantum Physics37) Quantum Mechanics38) Atomic Physics39) Elementary Particle Physics40) Nuclear Physics