Welcome to Physics 160
Introductory General Physics

"frictionless" coasting; Disney's Splash Mountain		Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)		Balloons over Albuquerque ©Colette Pearce, No. 12

This class begins a 3-semester general introduction to all of physics.
This semester will consider many aspects of Mechanics:

• Kinematics and Dynamics in 1 to 3 dimensions' Newton's Laws for Forces
• Flat-earth and round-earth gravitational forces
• Friction, Air Drag, Springs, and other forces; also Fluids
• Energy in many guises; Collisions, Rotations, and also Oscillations

Below are links to other pages that provide useful information about the course:

• the detailed introduction to the course, with office hours,
  Teaching Assistants who grade your homework papers, the class grading plan,
  homework methods being used, ways to get help, etc.;
  Here is a direct link to my discussion of the CAPS tutoring for physics for this class.
  [You can find their hours there.]
• the syllabus for the course [text is listed here];
• the homework assignments:
  1. homework leading to the first exam,
  2. homework leading to the second exam,
  3. homework leading to the third exam,
  4. homework leading to the final exam;
  Homework solutions may be found for each assignment, on the homework links above.
  Some additional solutions are occasionally put on the web.
  • Running outdoors in the cold, concerning velocity and acceleration. This was an "extra problem" that was put up in early February, and has just been moved here.
  • A diving airplane. This one has just been put here [1 March]. It determines the angle at which a ball on a string would hang, if hanging from the ceiling of an airplane accelerating downward at some other angle.

• discussion about the exam methods. [Dates are in the syllabus.]

  An exam over the same material, for our 4 exams, from a previous year may be accessed below, as they become available:

  for Exam 1

  for Exam 2.

  for Exam 3.

     for the Final Exam.

• suggested supplementary courses for this one: Phys. 160L and Phys. 167;
• and a page with links to webpages with exciting news in physics and also astronomy

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Last updated/modified: 8 January, 2002