NASC -1100-001                              Our Physical World                            Course Syllabus                                                                     Fall 2004

Class hours:  MWF 2:00 - 2:50 p.m.                   Room: MH 2002                              Hours: M   9:00  a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Instructor:    Dr. Anatoly Miroshnichenko           Office: MH 4010                                    T  11:00 a.m.  - 12:30 p.m.
E-mail:            anatoly@physics.utoledo.edu        Phone: 419-530-6117                             R    2:00 p.m.  -  4:00 p.m.

Course book:                The Physical Universe, Tenth Edition, by Konrad B. Krauskopf and Arthur Beisler
Companion website:  http://www.mhhe.com/krauskopf  (follow follow a link to the 10th edition)
Required course:        MATH 1180 or a higher Natural Sciences core course
Credit Hours:              3

Course materials on the Web: http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~anatoly/nasc1100/ 

E-mail address to submit homework:  nasc1100@yahoo.com 

                               Lecture schedule

Date Chapter Topic Date Chapter Topic
Aug.23 1.1 - 1.2 Introduction to the Course. The Scientific Method.
Oct. 18 11.6-11.15 Fuels. Reaction Rates. Electrolysis.
      25 1.3 - 1.11 The Solar System. The Universal Gravitation.
       20 12.1-12.9 Carbon Compounds. Organic Molecules.   
      27  2.1 - 2.6 Motion. Acceleration of Gravity.
       22 12.10-12.17 Polymers. Chemistry of Life.
       30 2.7 - 2.15 Force and Motion. Gravitation.
         25
   7 - 12  Test 2
Sept. 1 3.1 - 3.7 Work and Energy.
       27 13.1-13.8 The Atmosphere. Weather.
         3 3.8 - 3.15 Momentum. Relativity. Energy and Civilization.
       29 13.9-13.14 Climate. The Hydrosphere.
         6    none No class - Labor Day
Nov.  1 14.1-14.5 Rocks.
         8 4.1 - 4.9 Temperature and Heat. Buoyancy.          3 14.6-14.14  Within the Earth. Erosion.
       10 4.10 - 4.16 The Gas Laws. Kinetic Theory of Matter.
         5 14.15-14.17 Volcanism.
       13 5.1 - 5.11 Electricity.
         8 15.1-15.7 Tectonics.
       15 5.12 - 5.20 Magnetism.
        10 15.8-15.12 Historical Geology.
       17 6.1 - 6.7 Wave Motion. Sound Waves.
        12 15.13-15.18 Earth History.
         20
6.8 - 6.17 Electromagnetic Waves. Wave Behavior.
        15 16.1-16.8 The Solar system. The Inner Planets.
       22     1 - 6
  Test 1
        17 16.9-16.16 The Outer Planets. The Moon.
       24 7.1 - 7.8 Atom and Nucleus. Radioactivity. Nuclear Energy.         19 17.1-17.7
Tools of Astronomy. The Sun.
       27 7.9 - 7.16
Fission and Fusion. Elementary Particles.         22 17.8-17.11 The Stars.
         29
8.1. - 8.7
Quantum Theory of Light. Matter Waves.
          24
   none No class - Thanksgiving Recess
Oct.  1
8.8 - 8.14
The Hydrogen Atom. Quantum Theory of Atom.
        26
   none No class - Thanksgiving Recess
           4
9.1 - 9.8
Elements and Compounds. The Periodic Law.
          29
17.12-17.13
Basic Properties of Stars.
         6
9.9 - 9.17
Atomic Structure. Chemical Bonds.
Dec.  1
17.14-17.16
Life Histories of Stars.
           8
10.1 - 10.9
Solids. Solutions.
           3
18.1-18.5 Galaxies.
         11
    none No class - Fall Break
           6
18.6-18.9 Evolution of the Universe.
         13
10.10 -10.14
Acids and Bases.
           8
18.10-18.14 Origin of the Earth. Extraterrestrial Life.
         15
11.1 - 11.5
Combustion. Chemical Energy.
         10
     1 - 18
The Course Summary.



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  Final Exam, MH 2002, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

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Last updated: 2004 November 29