Physics 8: Lectures
For each lecture, the PowerPoint file is available, along with a
full-color 4-slide-per-page PDF version. If you want to print grayscale
or black & white, you may be able to do so from the PowerPoint file.
Lecture 1: Course Introduction, Roadmap
Lecture 2: Basic Physics I: Laws of Motion
Lecture 3: Basic Physics II: Work, Energy, Power
Lecture 4: Energy Flow and Human Energy Requirements
Lecture 5: Springs, Oscillation, and Resonance
Lecture 6: Electric Force, Fields, Current, & Bulbs
Lecture 7: Ohm's Law, Basic Circuits, Bulbstravaganzza
Lecture 8: AC Electricity, Transformers
Lecture 9: Electrictronic Devices, Diodes, and More
Transmitter Questions: First Half
Lecture 10: Sound and Sound Waveforms
Lecture 11: Digital Information, Sampling, CDs
Lecture 12: Transistors, Logic, Computers, Remote Controls
Lecture 13: Radio: Electromagnetic Waves, AM, FM
Lecture 14: Faraday Cages and Microwaves
Lecture 15: Television, LCDs, etc.
Lecture 16: Optics: Reflection and Refraction (Revised!)
Lecture 17: Light, Color, and Spectra
Lecture 18: Color Perception, and Natural Light Phenomena
Lecture 19: Student-selected topics #1
Lecture 20: Tides
Transmitter Questions: Second Half (updated with TV questions)
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