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 graduate course for physical science and high school physics teachers: 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 605 emphasizes motion, mechanics, liquids, heat, gases, and sound.
The undergraduate version of this course is Physics 105.