Honolulu Community College |
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SCIENCE/PHYSICS 122 |
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Topics and Reading Assignments |
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Topic |
Class Notes chapters |
Booth & Bloom pages |
Speilberg & Anderson pages |
PART 1: Beginnings |
Introduction |
1 |
3-4 |
1-4 |
Physical Science |
2 |
163-171 |
4-10 |
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Paradigms & Perception |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
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Earth & Space |
4 |
14-45 |
14 |
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Beginnings |
5 |
4-7 |
20-21 |
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Pythagorean Mysticism |
6 |
7-11 |
21-25 |
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The Golden Age |
7 |
7-11 |
29-30 |
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Ptolemaic Astronomy |
8 |
11-16 |
30-34 |
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PART 2: Revolution |
Darkness and Dawn |
9 |
45-49 |
34-41 |
The New Astronomy |
10 |
49-53 |
41-48 |
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Kepler’s Laws |
11 |
49-53 |
48-54 |
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Describing Motion |
12 |
97-99 |
60-71 |
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Galileo: The First Scientist |
13 |
93-102 |
43-44 |
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The New Physics |
14 |
102-109 |
71-80 |
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Newton and The Laws |
15 |
111-119 |
80-94 |
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Part 3: Newtonian Paradigm |
Gravity |
16 |
122-125 |
96-101 |
Gravitation |
17 |
132-139 |
101-105 |
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Momentum & Conservation |
18 |
119-122125-127 |
94-95 |
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Work & Energy |
19 |
143-152 |
111-118 |
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Temperature & Heat |
20 |
175-183 |
148-149 |
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Mechanical Heat |
21 |
183-186 |
124-127 |
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What is the Matter |
22 |
223-224 |
N/A |
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PART 4: Atomic Paradigm |
Alchemy |
23 |
224-225 |
N/A |
Skeptical Chemists |
24 |
225-226 |
N/A |
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Chemistry & Atomic Theory |
25 |
234-245 |
N/A |
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Kinetic Theory |
26 |
189-218 |
127-130 |
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Electrical Connections |
27 |
298-313 |
200-218 |
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Empty Atoms |
28 |
319-330 |
260-298 |
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Periodicity & Bonding |
29 |
421-445 |
N/A |
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Entropy & Chaos |
30 |
N/A |
146-184 |
Measurements and Counting |
Retrograde Motion |
Describing Motion |
Graphs and Kinematics |
Freefall |
Newton's 2d Law |
Momentum & Conservation |
Inverse Square |
Gravity and Planetary Orbits |
Work/Energy Theorem |
Specific Heat |
Absolute Zero |
Chemical Symbols & Equations |
The Periodic Table |
Molecular Models |