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PHY101 : Physics

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Course Info
Course Category	Physics
Course Level	Undergraduate
Credit Hours	3
Pre-requisites	N/A
Instructor	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA

Course Contents
• Introduction to Physics and this course • KINEMATICS • FORCE AND NEWTON’S LAWS • APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON’S LAWS • WORK AND ENERGY • CONSERVATION OF ENERGY • MOMENTUM • COLLISIONS • ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS • PHYSICS OF MANY PARTICLES • ANGULAR MOMENTUM • EQUILIBRIUM OF RIGID BODIES • OSCILLATIONS • PHYSICS OF MATERIALS • PHYSICS OF FLUIDS • PHYSICS OF SOUND • WAVE MOTION • GRAVITATION • ELECTROSTATICS • ELECTRIC POTENTIAL ENERGY • CAPACITORS AND CURRENTS • THE MAGNETIC FIELD • ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION • ALTERNATING CURRENT • ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES • LIGHT • INTERACTION OF LIGHT WITH MATTER • INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION • THE PARTICLE NATURE OF LIGHT • GEOMETRICAL OPTICS • THERMAL PHYSICS • SPECIAL RELATIVITY • WAVES AND PARTICLES • QUANTUM MECHANICS • INTRODUCTION TO ATOMIC PHYSICS • INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR PHYSICS • PHYSICS OF THE SUN