PHY 102 Homework Assignments

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Homework Assignments:

Doing and thinking about physics is important in learning the material. You should do the following selected list of problems every day in preparation for class. You are further encouraged to do other problems and all of the multiple choice problems. Quiz days are indicated and the material from the proceeding two days will be covered on the quizzes unless otherwise noted in class.

Note: Problem Numbers refer to PDF version of text. Some answers are here.

Date

Chap

Suggested Problems

Quiz

July

  1

18 1, 5, 12, 14, 16, 25, 28, 30

 

  2

 18/19 42a, 46, 53, 60, 61/2, 9, 16, 19

 

 

  3

 19 25, 29, 33, 34, 46, 49, 53, 63 X
 

  4

  Holiday - July 4th 

   

  5

 20 2, 7, 12, 18, 20, 25, 31, 36, 40, 51, 73, 80, 83  
 

  8

 21 1, 4, 6, 15, 18, 27, 38, 40, 50, 64, 65  
 

  9

22

 3, 7, 10, 13, 17, 24, 30 X
  10 22 32, 35, 37, 42, 51, 55  
  11 23 2, 4, 9, 10, 17, 19, 28  
  12 23 32, 39, 43, 44, 48a, 55, 60 X
 

15

 23 64, 69, 79, 81, 84, 92  
 

16

23 95, 98, 101  
 

17

 24/25 3, 6a, 8, 13, 17, 22, 30, 36, 39, 47 X
 

18

 25 1, 2, 54, 58, 59  
 

19

 25 5, 10, 12, 21, 23, 26 
 

22

 25 29, 35, 36 X
 

23

 25/26 38, 40, 42, 46, 47/1, 6, 9, 15, 22, 27, 30, 36  
 

24

27 1, 6, 11, 19, 21, 38, 43  

25

27 51, 57, 64, 72, 73, 85, 91 X

26

28 1, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20, 29  

29

28 35, 43, 48, 55  

30

29 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 20, 38, 40, 50, 58, 62 X
        

  THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

BONUS REPORTS

These will be reports which are typed with double-spacing and 12 pt font. You will be expected to use correct English grammar and punctuation. Do not just list the answers, but put everything into proper sentence and paragraph form. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE text from the Internet.  You should show that you have read and digested the material. Do not forget to include references to sources you used.

Grades will be based upon how much you seemed to have learned and communicated to the instructor. One page obviously does not count very much. Typically, you can receive up to 10 points (sometimes more), though the average is more around 5-6 points. This can be useful in enhancing your quiz average and will be useful in seeing some recent physics beyond the text material.

 

Bonus #1 Manhattan Project - Due July 16th

Make sure you follow the general directions for the format, including that you are not just listing the questions and answering them, but writing an essay of substantial length.

 

Bonus #2 Cosmology and Gravitational waves - Due July 29th

 

In this paper, you are to explore the Cosmology and Gravitational waves. This is a paper and not just disconnected answers to the questions. While answering the following, try to see how they are connected, who the key players were/are and how this is connected with physics. Possible videos to watch:

Longer Video Series

Other

Questions:

  • General relativity

    • Last year was the centennial of general relativity. What is is general relativity and why is it important?

    • How is general relativity related to cosmology, black holes, binary pulsars?

  • Gravitational waves

    • What are gravitational waves?

    • Describe the project(s) designed to detect gravitational waves.

  • Cosmology

    • How is general relativity connected with cosmology?

    • What is the Big Bang and when did it take place? What proof is there for the Big Bang?

    • What is the cosmic microwave background (CMBR)? When was it first discovered? Why is it important today? What were COBE and WMAP?

    • What are dark energy and dark matter? How are they related to the above?

    • What is the current state of understanding of the ultimate fate of the universe? 
      - (How old is the universe, what percentage are ordinary matter and other "stuff"?)

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E-Mail: Dr. Russell Herman Last Updated: July 10, 2019