Physics for Non-Scientists > s.a. physics
teaching [including physics in
everyday life]; practical
aspects.
@ Articles: Baierlein PT(95)mar;
Dudley & Bold AJP(96)apr
[top-down]; Hoffman & Jouny
AJP(96)oct
[music]; Duncan AJP(97)may.
@ Texts: Hobson 95 [conceptual]; Holton & Brush 01; Cassidy et al 02; Tavel 02; Swartz 03.
@ Texts, special approaches: Rossing & Chiaverina 99 [for visual
arts]; Gilbert & Haeberli 08 [art].
General Physics > s.a. computational
physics.
* Topics: Should include elements
of chaos, chance, error analysis.
@ General references: Kriss AJP(93)jan
[structure of physics]; Rigden et al PT(93)apr;
Di Stefano AJP(96)jan, AJP(96)jan
[IUPP]; Gautreau & Novemsky AJP(97)may
[OCS approach]; Allie & Buffler
AJP(98)jul
[tools and procedures]; Folan et al 03 [technology applications].
@ Algebra-based: Redish &
Hammer AJP(09)jul [reinventing the course].
@ Calculus-based:
Laws PT(91)dec, AJP(97)jan
[without lectures]; Amato PT(96)dec
[re textbooks].
@ Problems: Thompson 87.
@ Special emphasis texts: Garcia et al 98 [computer science]; Holbrow
et al 99 [modern, r PT(01)may Roelofs]; Benedek & Villars
00 [medical-biological, r PT(01)jul];
Folan et al 03 [applications].
@ Texts, calculus-based: Halliday et al 94; Fishbane et al 96; Chabay
& Sherwood 02 [conceptual, r AJP(06)apr];
Wolfson 07 [concise, conceptual]; Agmon & Gluck 90.
@ Related topics: Chabay & Sherwood AJP(99)dec
[integrating matter and thermodynamics];
Leff AJP(02)may
[a = v2/r];
Singh & Rosengrant AJP(03)jun
[momentum and energy, test]; Shaffer & McDermott AJP(05)oct
[v and a as vectors]; Ponikvar & Planinsic EJP(09)
[conservation of energy
test]; Brookes & Etkina PRST(09)
[force]; Kortemeyer & Westfall AJP(09) [history of physics]; > s.a. symmetry.
> Online resources: see Decio Cocolicchio's site.
Classical Mechanics > s.a. classical
mechanics [textbooks]; Friction;
inertia, rotation.
* Free-body diagrams:
Show forces where they really act! [@ Lane TPT(93)].
@ New approaches: Fraundorf phy/97;
Chabay & Sherwood AJP(04)apr;
Ambrose AJP(04)apr
[tutorial].
@ Kinematics: Newton & Henry AJP(00)jul
[uniform circular motion].
@ Labs: Dupré & Janssen AJP(00)aug
[determining g].
@
Special relativity: Scherr AJP(07)mar
[as example of misconceptions and "pieces"]; Savage et al AJP(07)sep
[visualization
program]; Silagadze APPB(08)-a0712 [logical
rather than historical approach]; de Abreu & Guerra EJP(09)
[kinematics, geometrical]; Apostolatos a0905 [kinematics, energy and momentum].
@ Related topics: Nunes & Silva AJP(00)nov
[tilted boxes on inclined planes]; Sungar et al AJP(01)may
[non-linear dynamics]; Galili & Lehavi AJP(03)nov
[weightlessness and tides]; Laws AJP(04)apr
[oscillations and chaos]; Lehavi & Galili AJP(09)may
[gravity and Galileo's law
of
free-fall]; Lindsey et al AJP(09)nov [work and energy for extended
systems].
Fluid Dynamics, Waves and Sound
* Demos on fluids: Transfer liquid between containers including uphill
piece.
* Demos on waves: Beaded chain on overhead, vertical chain, metal
bar hit at one end (transverse); Stroked metal bars that "sing" (longitudinal).
@ References: Daw & Liefeld AJP(98)jul
[singing rods]; Denardo et al
AJP(01)oct
[bubbles and sinking bodies]; Loverude et al AJP(03)nov,
Heron et al AJP(03)nov
[Archimedes' principle]; Kezerashvili & Sapozhnikov phy/03 [Hero's
fountain]; Jenkins AJP(04)oct-phy/03 [Feynman's
reverse sprinkler]; Chen AJP(05)nov
[singing wineglass]; Jenkins a0908/AJP [Machian propulsion, including Feynman's
reverse sprinkler].
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
* Remark: Can be taught
following a classical, thermodynamical approach, or with a statistical, microscopic
one.
@ General references: issue AJP(99)dec;
Leinonen et al EJP(09) [students' pre-knowledge].
@ Entropy: Basano AJP(80)feb
[geometrical analogy]; Schoepf AJP(02)feb.
@ Second law: Baierlein AJP(94)jan;
Moore & Schroeder AJP(97)jan.
@ Related topics: Savarino & Fisch AJP(91)feb
[rubber band thermodynamics]; Velasco et al AJP(98)jul
[adiabatic coefficient of air]; Scott AJP(98)feb
[comparative review]; Prentis AJP(00)dec
[statistical mechanics experiments]; Lee AJP(01)jan
[undergraduate, simulations]; Kautz et al AJP(05)nov, AJP(05)nov
[ideal gas law]; Jackson & Laws AJP(06)feb
[glass syringes].
Electromagnetism and Optics > s.a. Ampère's
Law; diffraction;
Faraday's Law; polarization.
@ Calculus-based: Marr et al AJP(99)sep;
Chabay & Sherwood AJP(06)apr;
Mukhopadhyay EJP(06)
[senior level]; Saarelainen et al EJP(07)
[models and misconceptions]; Burko EJP(08)
[properties of waves].
@ Light and color: Rossing & Chiaverina AJP(00)oct-RL.
@ Electromagnetism topics: Kraftmakher AJP(00)apr,
Salzman et al AJP(01)may
[eddy currents]; Maloney et al AJP(01)jul
[survey]; Rosenthal & Henderson AJP(06)apr
[potential difference and circuits]; Vidaurre et al EJP(08)
[magnetic damping demo]; Guisasola et al EJP(08)
[Gauss and Ampère laws].
@ Waves and optics topics: Heller AJP(97)jan
[waves]; Ambrose et al AJP(99)feb
[diffraction and interference], AJP(99)oct
[light as wave].
@ III: Hertzberg et al AJP(01)jun
[rotating dielectric cylinder].
Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics > deformation
quantization.
* Possibility: Try teaching using density matrices from the beginning.
@ Quantum mechanics: Henry AJP(90)nov;
Styer AJP(96)jan;
Scarani & Suarez AJP(98)aug
[short introduction]; Vokos et al AJP(00)jul
[wave nature of matter]; Singh AJP(01)aug
[difficulties]; Hirshfeld & Henselder
AJP(02)may-qp [and
deformation quantization]; issue AJP(02)mar;
Mermin AJP(03)jan
[for computer scientists]; Passon EJP(04)qp;
Goff AJP(06)nov
[quantum tic-tac-toe game]; Pluch phy/07 [Bell's
inequalities]; García & Arévalo EJP(07)
[time evolution operator method]; Kaiser pw(07)may
[practical vs philosophical aspects].
@ Quantum mechanics, special topics: Hobson AJP(05)jul
[electrons as field quanta]; > s.a. quantum
effects [tipping pencil/rod problem].
@ IIa: Chen IJMPA(05)
[Klein-Gordon equation and particle physics].
@ IIb: Ohanian 95; Cox 96; Krane 96; Sachs 98 [conceptual];
Harris 99 [r PT(00)nov];
Bernstein et al 00; Pfeffer & Nir
00; Thacker AJP(03)jun
[students' models of microscopic physics]; Gilmore 04 [activities, projects,
computational]; Walecka 08.
@ III: Carr & McKagan AJP(09)apr [reforming graduate quantum mechanics].
@ Quantum theory, conceptual: Singh et al PT(06)aug
[improving understanding]; Singh
AJP(08)mar
[understanding]; Karakostas & Hadzidaki S&E(05)-a0904 [and
physical reality]; > s.a. classical
mechanics; atomic,
nuclear, particle
physics [problems].
Other Topics > s.a. astronomy; chaotic
systems; computational physics; physics; symmetry.
@ Cosmology: Akridge AJP(01)feb;
Pimbblet PhysEd(02)ap;
Pimbblet & Newman PhysEd(03);
Jordan AJP(05)jul-ap/03.
@ Labs: James et al AJP(99)aug
[speed of light].
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