Welcome to Physics 132 - Introduction to the Course
How to Use This Book
Goals for The Course
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics
Copyright, Licenses & Sources
For other instructors who may wish to use this book
I. Unit I
Unit I On-a-Page
1. Unit I - Introduction and Context for the Unit
2. Basics of Matter
3. Basics of Particles
4. Review of Conservation of Energy
5. Some Energy-Related Ideas that Might be New or are Particularly Important
6. Basics of Waves
7. Basics of Light
8. Review from Chemistry of Application of Conservation of Energy to Photons and Atoms
9. Matter as a Wave
10. Fundamentals of "Particle in a Box"
11. All Homework Problems
II. Unit II
Unit II On-a-Page
12. Motivating Context for Unit II
13. Introduction to Geometric Optics
14. Producing Images with Geometric Optics
15. Ray Tracing
16. Homework Problems
III. Unit III
17. Unit III On-a-Page
18. Introduction
19. Motivating Context for Unit III
20. Basics of Charge
21. Vector Review
22. Electric Fields
23. Electric Potential
24. Homework Problems
IV. Unit IV
Unit IV On-a-Page
25. Introduction and Motivating Biological Context for Unit IV
26. Current
27. Circuit Elements
28. Circuits
29. Review of Solving Systems of Equations
30. Homework Problems
V. Unit V
Unit V On-a-Page
31. Introduction
32. Magnet Fields and What They Do
33. Sources of Magnetic Fields
34. Homework Problems
Glossary
Prior Syllabus - Fall 2020
Brokk Toggerson
Physics 132: What is an Electron? What is Light? by Brokk Toggerson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.