Physics 105hs
A Distance Learning Course for High School students
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PHYS 105HS: How Things Work I
January - May 2004
Instructor: Richard A. Lindgren, Research Professor of Physics
Lecturer and Demonstrator: Lou Bloomfield, Professor
of Physics
Textbook: How Things Work:
the Physics of Everyday Life, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-471-38151-9
A college course for high school srudents: a practical introduction to physics and science in everyday life. This course considers objects from our daily environment (baseballs, frisbees, roller coasters, vacuum cleaners, rockets, clocks and much more!) and focuses on their principles of operation, histories, and relationships to one another. Physics 105 emphasizes motion, mechanics, liquids, heat, gases, and sound.
Revised December 29, 2003.