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Lesson Contents for P10C

Optics
21010Ray Model of Light
 Reflection by a plane mirror
21020Reflection by Spherical Mirrors
 Ray Diagrams
21030Snell's Law and Index of Refraction
21040Thin Lenses, Ray Diagrams
21050The Lens Equation
21060Multiple Lenses
21070Huygen's Principle, Diffraction and the Law of Refraction
21080Interference- Double Slit Experiment
 Dispersion
21090Diffraction by a Single Slit
21100Diffraction Gratings
21120Interference by Thin Films
21130Polarization
21140Optical Instruments
21150Aberrations
 Resolution
  
Special and General Relativity
21160Galilean-Newtonian Relativity
21170What is Wrong with Galilean Relativity
 What is Wrong with Galilean Relativity II
21180Gedankenexperiment 1 & The Postulates of Special Relativity
21190Time Is Not Absolute
21200Geometric Properties of Space
21210Spacetime
21220The Structure of Spacetime
 Measuring in Spacetime
 Invariance of the Interval
21230Relativity of Simultaneity
21240Time Dilation
21250Lorentz Contraction of Length
21260The Twin Paradox
 Discussion
21270The Lorentz Transformations I
21280Addition of Velocities
21290Why No Thing Travels Faster Than Light
 Interstellar Football
21300Spacetime Maps
21310Transforming Frames for Spacelike Events
21320Velocity through Spacetime
213304-Momentum
 Relativistic Energy
21340Conservation of Momentum-Energy
 Conservation of Momentum-Energy:Examples
21350Review of Special Relativity
 General Relativity
 Equivalence Principle
21360Curvature Yields Acceleration
 Aside: Mathematical Statement
 Curved Spaces
21370Energy Curves Spacetime
21380General Relativisitic Effects
21390The Schwarzschild Solution
 Black Holes
  
Early Quantum Theory and Nuclear Physics
21400Introduction to Quantum Theory
 The Electron
21410Planck's Quantum Hypothesis
21420Photoelectric Effect
 Compton Effect
21430Wave-Particle Duality
21440Early Models of the Atom
21450The Bohr Model
21460Properties of Nuclei
21470Radioactivity: Alpha Decay
21480Radioactivity: Beta Decay
 Radioactivity: Gamma Decay
21490Rate of Decay, Half Life
 Carbon 14 Dating
 Nuclear Reactions
  
Quantum Mechanics
21500Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
21510Double Slit I
 Double Slit II
21520Experimental Devices
 Quantum Weirdness
21530The EPR Paradox
21540Contextuality, Complementarity
21550Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
21560Schrodingers Cat
 Decoherence
21570Summary & Other Details
21580Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
21590Complex Atoms, Pauli Exclusion Principle
  
Elementary Particles, Cosmology
21600Elementary Particles, Intro
21610Relativistic Quantum Theory
21620Quantumelectrodynamics
 Quarks, QCD
21630Weak Interactions
21640Standard Model
21650Beyond the Standard Model
 Beyond the Standard Model II
21660Basic Cosmology
21670Basic Cosmology II
21680Final Summary