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8.012 Physics I, Fall 2002 Books
Prerequisites: 18.01 Calculus

Level: Undergraduate

Elementary mechanics, presented at greater depth than in 8.01(Calculus). Newton's laws, concepts of momentum, energy, angular momentum, rigid body motion, and non-inertial systems. Uses elementary calculus freely. Concurrent registration in a math subject more advanced than 18.01 is recommended.






Physics 8.02: Electricity and Magnetism Books
Prerequisites:
  1. Calculus
  2. Physics I


Level: Undergraduate

Covers:
  1. Lightning
  2. Pacemakers
  3. Electric Shock Treatment
  4. Musical Instruments
  5. Magnetic Levitation
  6. Superconductivity
      and dozens of other intriguing topics.







8.03 Physics III, Spring 2003 Books
Level: Undergraduate

Mechanical vibrations and waves, simple harmonic motion, superposition, forced vibrations and resonance, coupled oscillations and normal modes, vibrations of continuous systems, reflection and refraction, phase and group velocity. Optics, wave solutions to Maxwell's equations, polarization, Snell's law, interference, Huygens's principle, Fraunhofer diffraction, and gratings.






8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2003 Books
Level: Undergraduate

Photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, photons, Franck-Hertz experiment, the Bohr atom, electron diffraction, De Broglie waves, and wave-particle duality






8.044 Statistical Physics I, Spring 2003 Books

Level: Undergraduate

Introduction to probability, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics.










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