近年來，普通物理的課本越長越厚。老師怎麼教？學生如何讀？物理系專業的課程，教科書也沒長到這般怪獸的厚度，這真的是最有效率的學習方法嗎？我不以為然。在99學年，我決意進行一項普物教學的改革：每個學期我只教十個問題...
Ten Questions we will discuss this semester
| Q1: | Why are most materials charge neutral? |
| Chapter 21 – Electric Charge and Electric Field Chapter 22 – Gauss’s Law | |
| Q2: | What causes lightning? |
| Chapter 22 – Electric Potential Chapter 24– Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage | |
| Q3: | Can magnetic forces do work? |
| Chapter 27 – Magnetism | |
| Q4: | How does the geomagnetic field arise? |
| Chapter 28 – Sources of Magnetic Field | |
| Q5: | Why can light propagate in vacuum? |
| Chapter 29 – Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Law Chapter 30 – Inductance, Electromagnetic Oscillations and AC Circuits Chapter 31 – Maxwell equations and Electromagnetic Waves | |
| Q6: | What is the nature of light? |
| Chapter 34 – The Wave Nature of Light; Interference Chapter 37 – Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom | |
| Q7: | Why are atoms stable? |
| Chapter 38 – Quantum Mechanics Chapter 39 – Quantum Mechanics of Atoms | |
| Q8: | How is the secret of life encoded? |
| Chapter 40 – Molecules and Solids | |
| Q9: | How can we date fossils? |
| Chapter 42 – Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity | |
| Q10: | What are the building blocks of our universe? |
| Chapter 43 – Elementary Particles Chapter 44 – Astrophysics and Cosmology | |
Lectures〡Spring, 2014
| Week 1 | ||
| Feb 18 (Tue) | Course introduction Feb 20 (Thu) Why are most materials charge neutral? | |
| Week 2 | ||
| Feb 25 (Tue) | Coulomb’s law and electric field Feb 27 (Thu) Gauss’s law | |
| Week 3 | ||
| Mar 4 (Tue) | What causes lightning? Mar 6 (Thu) electrostatic potential energy | |
| Week 4 | ||
| Mar 11 (Tue) | Can magnetic forces do work? Mar 13 (Thu) Hall effect | |
| Week 5 | ||
| Mar 18 (Tue) | Magnetic materials Mar 20 (Thu) How does the geomagnetic field arise? | |
| Week 6 | ||
| Mar 25 (Tue) | Biot-Savart law Mar 27 (Thu) Ampere’s law | |
| Week 7 | ||
| Apr 1 (Tue) | Why can light propagate in vacuum? Apr 3 (Thu) 校際活動週(停課) | |
| Week 8 | ||
| Apr 8 (Tue) | dynamics of electric and magnetic fields Apr 10 (Thu) Maxwell equations | |
| Week 9 | ||
| Apr 15 (Tue) | Maxwell equation 2 Apr 17 (Thu) energy and momentum in EM waves | |
| Week 10 | ||
| Apr 20 (Sun) | 期中考 Apr 22 (Tue) 期中考講解 Apr 24 (Thu) What is the nature of light? | |
| Week 11 | ||
| Apr 29 (Tue) | resolution limit May 1 (Thu) blackbody radiation | |
| Week 12 | ||
| May 6 (Tue) | Why are atoms stable? May 8 (Thu) de Broglie wave | |
| Week 13 | ||
| May 13 (Tue) | Schrodinger equation May 15 (Thu) Schrodinger equation 2 | |
| Week 14 | ||
| May 20 (Tue) | angular momentum and spin May 22 (Thu) Pauli exclusion principle | |
| Week 15 | ||
| May 27 (Tue) | How is the secret of life encoded? May 29 (Thu) band theory of solids | |
| Week 16 | ||
| Jun 3 (Tue) | How can we date fossils? Jun 5 (Thu) magnetic resonance imaging | |
| Week 17 | ||
| Jun10 (Tue) | What are the building blocks of our universe? Jun 12 (Thu) after the big bang | |
| Week 18 | ||
| Jun15 (Sun) | 期末考 Jun 19 (Thu) 期末考講解 | |
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