APandUniversityPhysicsIndex

Chaptertitleslinktoyoutubeplaylistforthechapter(exceptwhentheydon't!).Individualvideosforeach
chapterfollow.

Chapter2OneDimensionalKinematics

1. DocPhysicsDisplacementandAverageVelocityofanOrganic,Locally
GrownTomato
9:04We'llseehowtomakesenseofpositionvs.timegraphs.Questions:
1)Candisplacementbeequaltototaldistancetraveled?
2.

DocPhysicsInstantaneousVelocity,Acceleration,Jerk,Slopes,Graphsvs.
Time
7:46Thisishowkinematicsbegins.It'sallcalculus,soyoushouldwatchmyvideocalled
CalculusDay1IntrotoDerivativesbeforethisvideo.Seeabove!

3.

DocPhysicsHowAccelerationAffectsVelocityandSpeed
3:23Slowingdown?Speedingup?

4.

DocPhysicsBritishImperialtoMetricSIUnitConversionWorked
Example
6:50Milesperhour(ick)tometerspersecond

5. DocPhysicsAverageVelocitySpeedWorkedExamplewithMultipleTrips,
StopsCalculation
6:40We'llworkaniceintroproblemaboutthreefriendswhoneedtogotothebathroom.

6.DocPhysicsDerivationofKeyKinematicEquationappealingtoAlgebra
andGeometry
10:00Let'sbehonest.Calculusisthebestwaytounderstandwhatthispositionasafunctionof
timeequationisallabout.ButtherearetwoothersimplewaystoderiveTHECLASSIC.

7. DocPhysicsFreeFallAccelerationExplained,orCOULDN'TYOUFIND
ANORANGEORSOMETHING?!?
7:41Whenstufffeelsonlygravity,itacceleratesdownwardat9.81m/s/s.I'llinvestigatesomeof
theconsequenceshere.

8. DocPhysicsFreeFallAccelerationWorkedExample(findingtimeinthe
air)
5:52Wefollowasalmonthroughhistestosteronefueledadventure.

9. DocPhysicsFreeFallAccelerationWorkedExample(findingpeakheight)
4:28Usingthetimeittakesforsomethingtoreachitspeakinfreefall,wefindthesalmon's
ultimatejumpheight.

Chapter3OneDimensionalKinematics
DocPhysicsAddingVectors1
12:55rulesandstartexample

DocPhysicsAddingVectorsConclusion
5:03DrawRvectorandfinditslengthanddirection

Chapter4ProjectileMotion

1. DocPhysicsKinematicEquationsinxandyforProjectileMotion
7:02

2. DocPhysicsProjectileMotionLaunchedHorizontally
7:46Icallthese"ClassIProblems"'cuzthey'reeasy.I'veuploadedthreeexamples
foryourviewingpleasure.
3. DocPhysicsProjectileMotionWorkedExampleClassIfinddisplacement
6:23Freefallboulderinxandy.These"ClassIProblems"arewhentheprojectileislaunched
horizontally.

4. DocPhysicsProjectileMotionWorkedExampleClassIfindinitial
velocity
6:00SothisFrenchtrainrollsoutofatrainstation...These"ClassIProblems"arewhentheprojectile
islaunchedhorizontally.

5. DocPhysicsProjectileMotionWorkedExampleClassIfindcliffheight
4:10Ifweknowhowfastsomethingisgoingandhowfarithasgone,wecanfinditstimeofflight!
These"ClassIProblems"arewhentheprojectileislaunchedhorizontally.

6. DocPhysicsProjectileMotionLaunchedatanAngle
9:18ThesecanbeClassIIorClassIIIproblems.Examplesfollow.

7. DocPhysicsProjectileMotionWorkedExampleClassIIProblem
NJCTL
15:47We'llresolvetheinitialvelocityvectorandfindtime,finalvelocities,maximumheight,etc.
These"ClassIIProblems"arewhentheprojectileislaunchedatanangle.
8.

DocPhysicsProjectileMotionWorkedExampleClassIIIProblem!
AAAH!

10:02Someprojectilemotionproblemsareprettytricky.I'llshowthefirstonehere.TryitbeforeI
discusstotestyourawesomeness.These"ClassIIIProblems"arewhentheprojectileislaunchedatan
angle.

9. DocPhysicsProjectileMotionWorkedExampleClassIIIProblemno
initialspeedgiven!
18:23ThisisthesolutiontoHoltPhysicspage101PracticeE#2.It'sthehardestprobleminthe
wholedangbook.Thegolfball(intheproblem)ishit(launched)atanangle,butallyouknowisthe
angleanddistancetraveled.

AP1Ch5Newton'sLawsofMotionIntroductory
Mechanics
DocPhysicsNewton'sThreeLawsofMechanicsFirstLaw
(Inertia)
4:45Newton'sfirstlawishugelycounterintuitive.Youmayhavelearneditingradeschool,
though.Let'sseeitforthemindblowingconclusionitreallyis.

DocPhysicsNewton'sThreeLawsofMechanicsSecondLaw
Part1
3:31Herewe'llseehowmanypeoplecanconfuseyourunderstandingofNewton's2ndlawof
motionthroughoversight,sloppylanguage,orcruelintentions.

DocPhysicsNewton'sThreeLawsofMechanicsSecondLaw
PartTwo!
8:27EquilibriumisinvestigatedandNewton's1stlawisseenasaspecialcaseofNewton's2nd
law!Dang!

DocPhysicsWhatdoesnetforcedo?
1:08Accelerationisoneofthetrickiesttopicsofintromechanics.Thinkaboutit.

DocPhysicsAccelerationonanElevator
4:10Weinvestigatewhatnetforcefeelslikeonanelevator.Thinkaboutthisnexttimeyoustay
inahotel.Getsomeice.

DocPhysicsIntrotoFreeBodyDiagrams
6:01IshowrulesformakingFBD's,discusstheirincrediblepower,andgiveaquickhotair
balloonexample.

DocPhysicsUsingFreeBodyDiagramstoSolveaCrazyVarietyof
ProblemsGeneralSteps
2:47Thesestepswillhelpyousolvemostproblemsinvolvingforce,acceleration,friction,and
mass.

DocPhysicsNewton'sThirdLawisWhat'sUp.Buthowcanstuff
happen?
5:21Themostfundamentalstatementofbasicphysicalrealityisalsothemostoften
misunderstood.Asyourmomifshe'sclearonNewton'sThird.Thenaskherwhythingscanmove
ifeveryforcehasapairedoppositeforceallthetime,forever.

DocPhysicsCommonMisunderstandingsofNewton'sThirdLaw
8:04Chancesare,someoneyouknowgrosslymisunderstandsNewton's3rdlaw.Findthemand
curethem.

AP1Ch6ApplicationsofNewton'sLaws
DocPhysicsKineticFrictionIntroduction
12:30Here,I'llexplainthemicroscopicjustificationoffrictionandwhatwecanknowaboutit.
Thecoefficientoffriction,too!

DocPhysicsStaticFrictionandsomefrictionchallenges
7:51Here,Italkaboutsneakyol'staticfriction.

DocPhysicsKineticandStaticFrictionWorkedExample
13:24ThisNJCTLproblemisthebestsimplefrictionproblemI'veeverseen.Ifyou'reunsure
aboutthecoefficientoffrictionandwhethersomethingwillbudgeornot,watchon.

DocPhysicsAccelerationWhileSlidingonaRampWorked
Example
12:43Thisisaprototypicalintrophysicsproblem.DoitwhileIdoit.Trytoanticipatemynext
move.

DocPhysicsBoxSlidingonaRampwithNoAccelerationWorked
Example
5:28Simplephysicsproblemshaveelegant,surprisingsolutions.Pleasesolvethissimilar
problem:Thepaintingisatrestontherampanditjustbarelybeginstoslideatacertainangle
theta...findthecoefficientofstaticfriction.

DocPhysicsTwoBoxesofPokemonCardsAttachedwithaRope
WorkedExampleTension
9:23Thisvideointroducestensionandsomeofthefunkyresultsthatcomeoutofmultiplemass
problems

DocPhysicsFourWeightyProblemsSolvedAtwood'sMachine
WorkedExamples
28:28Ipresentandsolveincreasinglycomplexproblemsinvolvingboxesattachedwithropeon
rampsandslopes,etc.Howtofindtensionandaccelerationforvariousmasscombinations.

DocPhysicsCirclesareCrazy!(atributetoLouReedandan
introductiontocircularmotion)

9:11Astrangeconditionmustbemetforthingstogoinacircle.I'mnotsureyou'verealizedjust
howluckyyouare,Ducky.

DocPhysicsProofthat"TheCentrifugalForce"isnotreal!
1:51Centripetalforceisneededtokeepthingsmovinginacircle.Andwhydon'ttheywantto?
THEYJUSTWANTTOGOINASTRAIGHTLINE.REALLY.THAT'SALLEVERYTHING
WANTSTODO.

DocPhysicsHowTensionProvidesaCentripetalForcewhen
thingsgoaroundinaCircle
6:51WeuseNewton'sSecondLawtoinvestigatethechangesintensionwhensomethingis
swunginaverticalcircle.

APCh7Energy
DocPhysicsWork,Power,andEnergy
14:44Biologyisuseful.

APCh8MechanicalEnergy
DocPhysicsHowPotentialandKineticEnergyChangeWhen
ForcesdoWork
9:20

DocPhysicsHowPotentialandKineticEnergyChangeWhen
ForcesdoWorkSummary
2:42

DocPhysicsConservationofMechanicalEnergyWorkedExample
8:35

DocPhysicsConservativevs.NonconservativeForces

10:00

DocPhysicsTurningPointsandEquipotentialsforSimple
HarmonicOscillators
17:22We'llseehowtheenergyofthingschangeastheymoveinquadraticpotentialwells.

APCh9MomentumandCollisions
DocPhysicsImpulseandConservationofMomentum
13:20Collisions!

DocPhysicsCenterofMass
10:58Howtofindit,whatitmeans,andsomeexamples

DocPhysicsExamplesofCollisions
12:01

DocPhysicsDerivationofFinalVelocitiesinElasticCollisions
11:57

DocPhysicsThrustofaRocket'CuzYouandYourFriendscando
ROCKETSCIENCE
4:15Weconsiderwhyshootingmassoutthebackofarocketchangesitsmomentum.

APCh10RotationalMotionandEnergy
DocPhysicsRotationalKinematics...Spinningstuff
9:37

DocPhysicsComparingLinearandCircular(Angular)Kinematics

9:36

DocPhysicsConnectingLinearandRotationalMotion!Rolling
withoutSlipping!
12:37Howfastdoestheaxleofabikewheelmove?HowfastdoestheBOTTOMofawheel
move?

DocPhysicsMomentofInertiaDefinition(RotationalInertia)
15:44

DocPhysicsKineticEnergyofRotation
11:30Thingsthatrollwithoutslippinghavesomefractionoftheirenergyastranslationalkinetic
andtheremainderasrotationalkinetic.Theratiodependsonthemomentofinertiaoftheobject
that'srolling.

APCh11RotationalMechanicsandTorque
DocPhysicsTorque,AngularAcceleration,andtheRoleofthe
ChurchintheFrenchRevolution
16:54Whydothingschangetheirangularvelocity?Soon,you'llknow.

DocPhysicsStaticEquilibrium,orWhattodowhennothingatall
ishappening
9:43Staticsisstudiedingreatdepthbymechanicalengineers.Wegetatasteinthisvideo.

DocPhysicsZombieonaLadderSimpleSampleStaticsWorked
Example
10:24Howgreasydoesthefloorhavetobebeforealadderslipsoutfromunderazombie?Well,
itdependsonwherethezombieis,ofcourse.Canzombiesevenclimbladders?Ihopenot.

DocPhysicsAngularMomentumDefinitionandExamples
12:08What'sthisscriptLbidness?

DocPhysicsTorque,AngularMomentum,andNewton'sSecond
LawforRotations
2:52

DocPhysicsConservationofAngularMomentumTheoryand
WorkedExample
8:57Whatitdo?

DocPhysicsTorqueDoesWork!!!Awesome!!!
8:19Wefindthatapplyingatorqueoversomeangleisequivalenttoapplyingaforceoversome
distance.Theyevenhavethesameunits!

APCh12Gravity
DocPhysicsGravity
7:38

DocPhysicsKepler'sLawsandHowNewtonGotCool
12:08NewtonderivedtheproportionalityconstantfromKepler'sThirdLawusinghisnewly
formedLawofUniversalGravitation.That'showIknowyou'rejustasattractedtomeasIamto
you...whichisnotverymuch.

DocPhysicsEscapeVelocity,orHey,Where'dthatGolfBallGo?
10:20Howfastdoessomethinghavetogotocompletelyescapeitsplanet'sgravitationalpull?I'll
defineescapeasgettinginfinitelyfaraway,butjustbarely...

APCh13PeriodicMotionandResonanceof
Oscillators
DocPhysicsSimpleHarmonicMotionIntroduction
17:10Amassonaspring.Somederivatives.And...AngularFrequency!!!SimpleHarmonic
Oscillatorsareusedtodescribeprettymucheverythinginphysicsatfirstglance.Thisissome
deeplyimportantstuffupinhur.

DocPhysicsEnergyofSimpleHarmonicOscillators
9:21We'lldiscoverthatenergyisconservedinaverysurprisingway.

DocPhysicsPendulumModeledasMassonaSpring
15:29ConnectionbetweenSHMandapendulum.Whenissin(theta)abouttheta?

DocPhysicsDampingofSimpleHarmonicMotion(not
DAMPENING,silly,itmightmold!)
10:49Underdamped,Overdamped,orjustright(CriticallyDamped).Friction'sroleinoscillators.

DocPhysicsBells,OperaSingers,andtheTacomaNarrowsBridge
ResonanceisEverywhere!
9:00Drivensimpleharmonicmotion,friction,anduncontrolledincreaseinamplitude.

APCh14Waves
DocPhysicsWavesIntro
15:17Simpleharmonicmotionbegetswaves,whicharecool.Wealsodoabitofdimensional
analysis.

DocPhysicsPeriodicTravelingWaveMotionasaFunctionofx
ANDt
10:33Wedevelopanequationthataccountsfortheextentofatravelingwavethroughspaceand
howthatshapeevolvesastimegoeson.

DocPhysicsTwoTypesofWaves:Longitudinalvs.Transverse
4:42Evenoceanwaves!

DocPhysicsTheEffectofBoundaryConditionsonReflected
Waves
4:29Someinvert,somedon't.

DocPhysicsSoundIntensityandDecibelsDistinctlyDefined,Dude
10:18

DocPhysicsIntrotoStandingWavesonRopesandinPipes
9:44Wedecidewhatboundaryconditionscausenodesandantinodesinstandingwaves.

DocPhysicsStandingwaveharmonicsonguitarstrings(and
pianos,banjos,andharps,Iguess)
9:47Whydostringsmakethesoundstheydo,yo?Variousharmonicsareinvestigatedand
justified.

DocPhysicsStandingwaveharmonicsinatubewithoneopenend
(Organ,Flute,Saxophone,Tuba)
8:45Wederivetheequationforthepossibleresonantfrequenciesofanorganwithoneendofthe
pipeclosed.

DocPhysicsDopplerEffectIntroductionMovingObserver
9:01Dopplerwhat?

DocPhysicsDopplerEffectforMovingSource,andRedShift,and
Whatnot
14:07ThefullDopplerEffecttreatmentishere.

APCh15Fluids!
DocPhysicsIntrotoFluidsandPressureataDepth
13:08

DocPhysicsPacsal'sPrinciple,Equilibrium,andWhyFluidsFlow
9:17Ifyou'regoingtothinkofvoltageas"electricpressure,"thenyou'dbetterunderstandwhat
realpressuredoes.Hintdifferentialsinpressurecausecurrents...butthey'renotelectriccurrents!

DocPhysicsWhyCarJacks,BottleJacks,andCuteKittensDon't
Mix
6:25

DocPhysicsBuoyancyWhyandHowStuffFloats
7:41Density,pressure,buoyantforce,fluids.Itallcomestogetherhere.

DocPhysicsFluidsFlowFinallyorHowtheContinuityEquation
RelatestoIrritableBowelSyndrome
16:34Wederivethechangeinpressureasvelocityofafluidchanges.Bernoulli!

DocPhysicsBernoulli'sEquationistheConservationofEnergy!
10:49

DocPhysicsTorricelli'sLawHe'sItalian!
6:53Howfastafluidgoeswhenitcomesoutofaholeinabucketdependsondepthandthe
accelerationofgravity.Wannaguesshow?!?

APCh16ThermalEnergy&HeatCapacityand
Conductivity
DocPhysicsDefinitionofTemperature
13:30Celsius,Fahrenheit,Kelvin,OHMY.ConstantVolumeGasThermometer

DocPhysicsThermalExpansion(Linear,Area,andVolume!)
13:23Wederivewhybeta(forvolumeexpansion)isthreetimesalpha(forlinearexpansion).

DocPhysicsMechanicalEquivalenceofHeatEnergyTheJoule
andCalorieUNITE!
5:51ThermalenergywasconnectedwithmechanicalenergybyJamesJoule.Awesome.Let's
nameallformsofenergyafterhim.

DocPhysicsHeatCapacityandSpecificHeat
8:56Weinvestigatethefactthatdifferentmaterialscanstoreheatwithvaryingefficiencies.
EfficientthermalenergystoragemeansBIGspecificheat.We'llinvestigatehowtogetthose
efficiencieslater...

DocPhysicsHeatConductivityandStefanBoltzmannLawof
RadiatedPower
10:08

APCh17IdealGasesandPhaseChChChChanges
DocPhysicsIdealGasLawIntro
10:55Wedefineanidealgasandintuittheidealgaslaw.

DocPhysicsHistoricalDerivationoftheIdealGasLaw
9:42Charles,Boyle,andDuh.

DocPhysicsMom,whydoespressureexist?or...TheKinetic
TheoryofGases
20:18Wearriveatadefinitionoftemperaturethatfinallyisuseful.We'llfindalsothatheat
capacityis

DocPhysicsScrewingUpStuffviaBulk,Young's,andShear
Modulus.StressandStrain.
19:14Elasticdeformationisstudiedingreatdetail.

DocPhysicsPhaseEquilibrium,Boiling,Evaporation,Vapor
Pressure
17:01Wethinkaboutwhypeoplesweatandwhythat'scool.Wealsoproposeadeviceforfaster
cookingofpotatoes.

DocPhysicsHowtoDrawPhaseDiagramsandWhattheyMean!
21:50Let'sconsiderhowstuffchangesphase.SolidtoLiquidtoGasorskipastep.

DocPhysicsLatentHeatofFusionandVaporization
8:57WeinvestigatewhyHomeDepotisbetterthanLowe's.Orisittheotherwayaround?

APCh18Thermodynamics
DocPhysicsThe0thand1stLawsofThermodynamics
10:14Theseareprettyeasystuff,buttheymakeanicefoundationforwhat'stocome.

DocPhysicsThermalProcesses1IsobarisGreekforConstant
Pressure
7:23

DocPhysicsThermalProcesses2IsochorisGreekforConstant
Volume
2:36Wow.Whyishewastingourtime?

DocPhysicsThermalProcesses3IsothermisGreekforConstant
Temperature
8:28

DocPhysicsThermalProcesses4AdiabaticisGreekforNot
Passin'Through
9:21Thisvideoalsosummarizeswhatwe'velearnedaboutfourtypesofthermalprocesses.

DocPhysicsSpecificHeat...atConstantVolume?oratConstant
Pressure?
13:13They'redifferent!!!

DocPhysicsATinyBitMoreonAdiabaticCompressionand
Expansion,becauseIcare.
4:31Adiabatsareneat.

DocPhysicsStabbedbytheArrowofTimeorTheSecondLawof
Thermodynamics

3:03Ourfirstindicationthattimealwaysgoesforward.Theuniversegetsmoreandmore
uniform.Allthingsapproachthesametemperature.

DocPhysicsAHeatEngineCanUseHeattodoWork.ButItCan't
BePerfectlyEfficient!
12:23

DocPhysicsAntiHeatEngines:Refrigerators,AirConditioners,
andHeatPumps
15:55ThesethreethingsuseinputWORKtomoveheatfromcoldtohot(whichisNOTtheway
theheatwouldliketogo).

DocPhysicsEntropy,Disorder,andtheEventualHeatDeathofthe
Universe
12:35Cleanyourroom.

APCh19ElectrostaticsandConductors
DocPhysicsIntroductiontoElectricCharge(Friction,Conduction,
Induction)
15:53

DocPhysicsCoulomb'sLawDemonstratedwithClearPlasticTape
7:07Wediscusswhygravityissoweak.

DocPhysicsThePrincipleofSuperpositionforCoulomb'sLawof
ElectricForce
2:17ElectricForcesaddupjustlikeallothervectorsdo.

DocPhysicsTheElectricField!(andSphericallySymmetric
DistributionsofChargeandMass)
8:31

DocPhysicsHowtoDrawElectricFieldLinesandWhatThey
Mean
8:04We'lljustlaydownsomerulesandseewhathappens.

DocPhysicsConductorsinElectrostaticEquilibriumRulesfor
ElectricFields
13:46Thisvideolistsandsortaexplainstherulesofconductorssoyoucansolveproblems.If
youstillwonderwhychargeslikepointybits,pleaseviewmyvideo(andtheensuingglorious
discussionwithothernerdsinthecomments)righthurre:https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=IMFgx

DocPhysicsGauss'LawExplainedandParallelPlateCapacitor
WorkedExamples
17:28Thepointchargeandinfinitesheetofcharge

APCh20VoltageandCapacitors
DocPhysicsElectricPotentialEquations
19:40NottobeconfusedwithElectricPotentialEnergy.Butcertainlytobeconfusing.Thisisa
verytrickytopic.

DocPhysicsFinally,aUsefulExplanationofElectricPotentialwith
AnalogytoGravity
13:09WemovefromForcetoEnergytoPotential(thetrickyone)toFieldStrength,ina
UniformGravitationalFieldandaUniformElectricField.Youalreadylovegravity,sothiswill
help,Ihope.

DocPhysicsElectricPotentialofaPointChargeDerived
14:38StartingfromCoulomb'sLaw,wecanfindthepotentialofapointchargeandthenstudy
thesuperpositionofelectricpotential.Noproblemit'sascalar!

DocPhysicsEquipotentialsandtheDirectionofElectricFields
13:42Thetopographicalmethodofequipotentialsisveryuseful.

DocPhysicsElectricPotentialofConductingSpheresorWhy
ChargesLikePointyBits

12:08

DocPhysicsIntrotoCapacitors
10:10Superusefulthings,capacitors.Ihopetheywillbeusedtoruncarswithinthenexttwenty
years.That'syourjob,students.

DocPhysicsDielectricsinCapacitorsandOtherwise
16:38We'llinvestigatewhathappensifyouslipabitofinsulatorinsideacapacitorwhileyou're
buildingit.Like...doestheinsulatorbecomepolarized,andhowcanthischangethecapacitanceof
thecapacitor?

DocPhysicsPotentialEnergyStoredinaCapacitor
9:19

APCh21Circuits
DocPhysicsConventionalCurrent,ElectricField,Benjamin
Franklin,andElectronVelocity
12:21So,Bennymadeanincorrectassumption,buttheelectronwasn'tevendiscoveredfor110
yearsafterhedied.Sodon'tgetmad.Butitisannoying...IsthereaGermanwordforbeingangry
withoutanyjustification?Ihopeso.

DocPhysicsIntrotoResistorandResistivityTheory
13:14Why?

DocPhysicsEnergyandPowerinElectricCircuits.JouleHeating.
11:56PoisonIvy?

DocPhysicsSeriesandParallelDCCircuitsIntroEquivalent
ResistancesofResistorsReduction
12:29Wederivetheequivalentresistanceofsimplecombinationsofresistors.Here'san
example:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgqGTxL9cA&list=PLLUpvzaZLf
3IM2wmkH0TcDRzkN3joR5Af

DocPhysicsParallelandSeriesResistorCircuitAnalysisWorked
ExampleusingOhm'sLawReduction
24:05Thisprocedureistedious,butitrequiresverylittlefancymathandit'sconceptually
beautiful.YououghttobeabletolookatthefinishedproductandexplainWHYthevaluesof
voltagedropsandcurrentsforeachresistorandcombinationofresistorshavetherelationships
theydo.Yay!

DocPhysicsKirchhoff'sLoopandJunctionRulesTheory
7:42WejustifyKirchhoff'sRulesfromdiarrheaandconservationofenergy.Somepeoplecall
'emlaws,butnotme!

DocPhysicsKirchhoff'sRules(Laws)WorkedExample
9:37TheLoopandJunctionRulesareinfulleffect.Somepeoplecall'emlaws,butnotme!

DocPhysicsEquivalentCapacitanceforCapacitorsinSeriesand
ParallelCircuitsReduction
12:10It'sallaboutcharge,voltage,andcapacitance.Inexactlytheoppositewayasresistorsin
seriesandparallelareallaboutvoltage,current,andresistance.Yup.

DocPhysicsRCCircuitsandTimeDependence
8:24Wederivetheawesomelyasymptotictimedependenceofacapacitor'svoltageasitis
charged.Hintallrealbatterieshaveinternalresistance,andthismightbeaneasywaytomeasure
it.

DocPhysicsAmmetervs.VoltmeterTheory
1:09Connectyourcircuitcomponentscarefully.Ammeterscanbeeasilydamaged!Iguessif
youconnectyourvoltmeterwrong,you'lljustgetbadreadings.Andstopsaying"ampmeter."It
soundslikeyou'remultiplyingcurrenttimesdistance.Pshaw.

APCh21Circuits
DocPhysicsConventionalCurrent,ElectricField,Benjamin
Franklin,andElectronVelocity
12:21So,Bennymadeanincorrectassumption,buttheelectronwasn'tevendiscoveredfor110
yearsafterhedied.Sodon'tgetmad.Butitisannoying...IsthereaGermanwordforbeingangry
withoutanyjustification?Ihopeso.

DocPhysicsIntrotoResistorandResistivityTheory
13:14Why?

DocPhysicsEnergyandPowerinElectricCircuits.JouleHeating.
11:56PoisonIvy?

DocPhysicsSeriesandParallelDCCircuitsIntroEquivalent
ResistancesofResistorsReduction
12:29Wederivetheequivalentresistanceofsimplecombinationsofresistors.Anexample
follows.

DocPhysicsParallelandSeriesResistorCircuitAnalysisWorked
ExampleusingOhm'sLawReduction
24:05Thisprocedureistedious,butitrequiresverylittlefancymathandit'sconceptually
beautiful.YououghttobeabletolookatthefinishedproductandexplainWHYthevaluesof
voltagedropsandcurrentsforeachresistorandcombinationofresistorshavetherelationships
theydo.Yay!

DocPhysicsAmmetervs.VoltmeterTheory
1:09Connectyourcircuitcomponentscarefully.Ammeterscanbeeasilydamaged!Iguessifyou
connectyourvoltmeterwrong,you'lljustgetbadreadings.Andstopsaying"ampmeter."Itsounds
likeyou'remultiplyingcurrenttimesdistance.Pshaw.

DocPhysicsEMF,InternalResistance,andTerminalVoltageof
Batteries
15:33Somepeoplecallitadrycell;Icallitaslingblade.Mmmhmmm.Wewillfigureoutwhy
mylaptopandcellphoneheatupwhenIusethemalot.Yay!

DocPhysicsEMF,InternalResistance,andTerminalVoltageof
BatteriesWorkedExample
6:31We'lldothreequickNJCTL.orgproblemsonterminalresistance.

DocPhysicsKirchhoff'sLoopandJunctionRulesTheory
7:42WejustifyKirchhoff'sRulesfromdiarrheaandconservationofenergy.Somepeoplecall
'emlaws,butnotme!

DocPhysicsKirchhoff'sRules(Laws)WorkedExample

9:37TheLoopandJunctionRulesareinfulleffect.Somepeoplecall'emlaws,butnotme!

DocPhysicsEquivalentCapacitanceforCapacitorsinSeriesand
ParallelCircuitsReduction
12:10It'sallaboutcharge,voltage,andcapacitance.Inexactlytheoppositewayasresistorsin
seriesandparallelareallaboutvoltage,current,andresistance.Yup.

DocPhysicsRCCircuitsandTimeDependence
8:24Wederivetheawesomelyasymptotictimedependenceofacapacitor'svoltageasitis
charged.Hintallrealbatterieshaveinternalresistance,andthismightbeaneasywaytomeasure
it.

APCh22MagnetismfromElectricity
DocPhysicsIntroductiontoMagneticForcesonMovingCharges
RightHandRule
12:30

DocPhysicsMovingChargesFeelForceastheyMovewitha
componentNormaltoaMagneticField
8:35Heythey'llgoincircles!Orhelices!

DocPhysicsMagneticFieldscauseForcesonCurrentsinWires,
too
8:08Thislinkshowshowtousetherighthandrule(andwhentouseyourlefthand!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng4aNqlAjKo

DocPhysicsTorqueonCurrentCarryingLoopinMagneticField
MotorTheory!
12:53So,Isupposemanycomfortsofmodernlifedependonthisinteraction.

DocPhysicsGalvanometersareAwesome.Theolderthebetter...
4:55MeetBigBertha!

DocPhysicsAmpere'sLawforMagneticFieldofCurrent
CarryingWiresRightHandRule!
9:37

DocPhysicsForceBetweenTwoParallelCurrentCarryingWires
9:14Asurprisingresult.Iwassurprised,anyway...

DocPhysicsMagneticFieldofLoops,Solenoids,and
Electromagnets
9:51Solenoidsarethemagneticequivalentofcapacitorstheycreateauniformfield.

DocPhysicsAmpere'sLawExampleforSolenoid
5:14

APCh23ElectricityfromMagnetism
DocPhysicsFaraday'sLawofMagneticInductionorWHYIS
THEREROCKANDROLL?
8:18

DocPhysicsLenz'sLawisanExampleofNatureHatingChange
10:28

DocPhysicsMechanicalandElectricalEnergyareRelatedIntro
6:45Forceofgravitymustequalmagneticforceifthisfallingrodreachesterminalvelocity.
Course,it'llneverREACHterminalvelocityjustgetcloserandcloserasymptoticallyforever
butIdigress.

DocPhysicsEquivalenceofElectricalandMechanicalPowerfor
ExpandingLoopinMagneticField
11:49WOW!

DocPhysicsElectricGuitarPickupCoiltoAmplifiertoSpeaker
VoiceCoilTheory
11:38Weinvestigatehowelectricguitarsandassociatedparaphernaliamanagetosend
informationaboutguitarstringvibrationtoyourears.

DocPhysicsGenerators!(orDynamosasmyfineBritishfriends
say)
5:48Rotatingaloopinamagneticfieldinducesacurrentintheloopthatopposestherotation.In
fact,ifyoukeepspinningthatsucker,itwillALWAYSwanttogobacktoitsimmediately
previousorientation.Howficklecanyoube,universe?!?

DocPhysicsInductorsandIntrotoSelfInductance
12:31Wediscusshowtomakeaninductorandsolvefortheselfinductanceofasimplesolenoid

DocPhysicsFurtherintoInductors.They'rethemagneticanalog
ofcapacitors!
15:41

DocPhysicsTransformersareAwesome!
18:09Stepup,stepdown,stepallaroundtown.Butwho'sbuying?

APCh24AlternatingCurrentsandPhasors
DocPhysicsIntrotoACCircuitsusingPhasorsandRMSVoltage
andCurrent
16:11

DocPhysicsCapacitorsinACCircuitswithPhasors
16:58

DocPhysicsIntrotoFrequencyDependentImpedance(Capacitors
inAlternatingCurrents)

9:44

DocPhysicsPhasorsforInductorsinACCircuits
15:11

DocPhysicsInductorsHaveInductance,Reactance,AND
Impedance.DANG,DAWG.
10:33

DocPhysicsACCircuitResonanceBonanza:RadioTuning
Frequency,NMRCoils,&theComplexPlane
23:06Wediscussdampedsimpleharmonicmotionasitappliestoelectricalcircuitsandreason
ourwaythroughwhyenergyappearsinthevariousformsitdoesincapacitorsandinductors.The
equivalenceofelectricalandmechanicalresonanceisheavilyemphasized.

APCh25ElectromagneticRadiationFundamentals
DocPhysicsAcceleratingChargesEmitElectromagneticWaves
"Light"RadioAntennas!
14:45Everychargethatacceleratesemitslightthatindicateshowithasbeenaccelerating.This
canbeusedforradioandotherlongrangecommunications!

DocPhysicsMaxwell'sEquationsandtheSpeedofLight
5:46Gauss'sLaw,Ampere'sLaw,andFaraday'sLaw!Maxwellcombinedthemallandproposed
abeautifulsymmetrythatwaslaterconfirmedbyacleverexperiment.Awesome.

DocPhysicsFizeau's1850ExperimentalMeasurementofthe
SpeedofLight
4:32Iloveancientexperiments!SoCLEVER!ArmandHippolyteLouisFizeauyep,hewas
French.HisnameisalsoengravedintheEiffelTower.Butnotlikehewasapunkkidthey
actuallyhonoredhimthatway!I'vegottoaskmyFrancophonereadersisFizeauFrenchfor
carbonatedwater?

DocPhysicsEnergyDensityofElectromagneticWaves(Light)

6:44Theoscillatingelectricandmagneticfieldsoflightcarryenergy.

DocPhysicsDopplerEffectforLight,RedShift,andAccelerated
ExpansionoftheUniverse
4:53

DocPhysicsLightHasEnergyand(GASP!)Momentum
12:24Wederiveradiationpressureandothercoolstuff.Sailthroughtheuniversewithease.

DocPhysicsLightSpeed,Wavelength,andFrequency
DimensionalAnalysis
3:37Iuseunitanalysistodeterminesomestuff.Youshould,too.

DocPhysicsIntrotoPolarizationFilters!or...whyarethose
sunglassessoexpensive?
7:14Wefigureoutwhylightwavesthatareshakingacertaindirectioncanmakeitthrough
polarizationfilterswhileotherscan't.WealsohintattheLawofMalusandmorebeautiful
Polaroidfiltercombinations.

APCh26GeometricOptics
DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsSpecularvs.DiffuseReflection,
IncidentandReflectedAngles
13:49WeintroducetheLawofReflections.Specularreflectionkeepsalltheraysinnice,pretty
order,andcanonlyhappenwhenthesurfaceisincrediblysmoothonamicroscopiclevel.Diffuse
reflectionisoverwhelminglymorecommon.

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsPlaneMirrors
16:09Wefigureoutwhyitseemslikethere'sstuff...THROUGHTHELOOKINGGLASS

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsIntrotoReflectionsfromConcave
Mirrors
8:09Wefigureoutsomespecialwayslightcanhitconcavemirrors.Iftheseraysarestudied,we
canunderstandraytracingsoon!

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsIntrotoReflectionsfromConvex
Mirrors
4:49

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsFirstRayTracingInstruction
10:14Sayhellotomylittlefriend,RAY.MRay.PRay.FRay.CRay.

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsRayTracingwithConcave
MirrorsWorkedExample
18:18WonderingwhyIdrawonlyafewrays?Checkoutthisvideo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIymS1yFLao

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsRayTracingwithConvexMirrors
WorkedExample
8:22

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsASummaryofImagesFormedby
Mirrors
7:02

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsDerivationoftheMirrorEquation,
Suckazzzzzzzzzzzzz
10:40Wemakesomesimilartrianglesandwhatnot.Probablydiscussthetangentfunction.
Algebra?Check.Cool.

DocPhysicsIntrotoRefraction,or,Whydidthatmarchingband
justturn?
8:26Wavesturnsharplywhentheyenteranewmediumatanyangleotherthannormal.

DocPhysicsGeometricDerivationofSnell'sLawforRefraction

8:43Sosimple,soelegant.Iloveyou,too.

DocPhysicsGeometricOpticsIntuitionwithMirrorsandLenses
ConcaveConvexDivergingConverging
7:01Thisvideohasitall.Seriously,allofit.Butnomath,andnoraytracing.Butmaybeyoujust
wanttounderstand.Whocanblameyou?

DocPhysicsRayTracingConvergingConvexLensWorked
Example
11:49We'llputtheobjectallovertheplaceinrelationtothefocusandfindoutwheretheimage
appears.Geometricopticscanbefun?Idunno...

DocPhysicsRayTracingConcaveDivergingLensWorked
Example
8:42We'llputtheobjectallovertheplaceinrelationtothefocusandfindoutwheretheimage
appears.Iwonderifthere'sactuallylightwheretheimageis..

DocPhysicsGeometricDerivationoftheThinLensEquationfor
Optics
9:55Hintit'sexactlythesameasthemirrorequation.Yay!

DocPhysicsSignConventionsforMirrorandThinLensEquation
4:44DidyouknowthatthewordlenscomesfromtheLatinwordforLENTIL?Yeah,lenses
looklikelentils.Youwin!

DocPhysicsExploringLimitsoftheThinLensEquation
5:53Investigationoflimitsisastandardphysicstechnique.Applyittoeverythingtoseehow
functionsbehave!!

APCh27OpticalSystems
DocPhysicsMultipleLensSystems!Wow!CombinationLenses
areRatherCommon,Actually.

5:21Stuffgetstremendouslymorecomplicatedwhenweaddtwoormorelenses.Nowwecan
maketelescopesandmicroscopesandwearglasses!

DocPhysicsCorrectiveOpticsforMyopicandHyperopicVision
Optometry'rUs
12:05Imakeasloppyattemptatexplainingwhypeoplewearglasses.Also,youmightlike
LASIK.Idid.

DocPhysicsHowaMagnifyingGlassWorks
12:29It'sallaboutgettingthingsclosertoyoureyewhilestillkeepingfocused.Infact,ifthe
imageofthelensisatinfinity,youwon'tevenhaveeyestrainifyoulookatitforalongtime!
Philatelistscelebrate!

DocPhysicsOptometry102FindingRefractivePower(Diopters)
WorkedExamples
9:37Wefindthatwecanalleasilyprescribeeyeglassesforourfriends!Yay!

APCh28PhysicalOpticsandDiffraction!
DocPhysicsWaveInterferenceIntro
15:25Weconnectlight,sound,andoceanwavestoaddressthesequestions:Whydo"dead
zones"andloudlocationsexistnearspeakers?Whydoeslightdiffract?

DocPhysicsWaveInterferencePartII
5:11

DocPhysicsHuygensPrincipleHe'sDutch!
6:43Everypointalongawavefrontisasourceofanewsphericalwaveateveryinstant.Ifthat
makessense,Iguessyoudon'tneedtowatchthis.Goplaysoccer.

DocPhysicsYoung'sDoubleSlitDiffractionExperimentforLight
(andsomelasertricks,too)
17:23ThomasYoungwasagenius.Learnfromhisinsightfulexperiment.

DocPhysicsPhaseShiftsforReflectedWavesofLightandAir
WedgeExample
15:28We'vegotadiabolicalmethodofmeasuringthethicknessofanobjectthatisprecisetothe
nearest800nmorso(0.0000008m).Dang!

DocPhysicsMom,WhyareSoapBubblessoFreakin'Awesome
withPrettyColors?
10:52Phaseshiftsatinterfacescausethebeautifulcolors.Asusual,intensephysicsexplainsthe
majestyofcreation.

DocPhysicsMom,HowdoesaCDorDVDorBlurayWork?
7:40We'llinvestigatetheinterferencethatcausessignalchangesinthelightsensorofanoptical
storagedrive

DocPhysicsSingleSlitDiffractionislikegettingsurprisedbyatext
youjustsentyourself
17:46Turnsoutthatwhatlookslikejustasinglegapisactually512tinygaps.

DocPhysicsPsst...Heykids...There'sabrightspotinthemiddleof
circularshadows.Really.
3:00Poisson'sspot,theycallit.Soundsfishytome.

DocPhysicsDiffractionLimitedVisionandPhotography
4:59Circularaperturesarekindalikeaslit,right?Alittle?

DocPhysicsDiffractionGratingsshowsupersizedDoubleSlit
Diffraction!
12:03Where'smylaser?!?

DocPhysicsIntrotoXRayDiffractionofCrystals
3:44Wefigureouthowyoucandeterminethestructureofacrystalwithdiffraction!

APCh29SpecialandGeneralRelativity

DocPhysicsIntrotoEinstein'sSpecialRelativity
14:00We'lltalkaboutfatwalruses,theequivalenceofallinertialreferenceframesforall
physicalobservations,andtheconstancyofthespeedoflightforallinertialobservers.Enjoy
gettingyourheadmashedtoapulp.

DocPhysicsDerivationofTimeDilationinSpecialRelativityusing
aLightClock
18:52WerunintosomeprettyHUGEconceptualinconsistencieshere.Getready.

DocPhysicsTheRealTwinParadox
7:49Thisemphasizesjusthowfunkytimedilationcanbe.It'salsoacoolexampleofrealtime
travel.Unfortunately,Ibelievetheparadoxhereisnotoftenunderstood.Thefactthatthey
experiencetimedifferentlyisNOTtheparadox.Theparadoxisthat(onfirstglance)eachtwin
witnessed

DocPhysicsTimeDilationhasStartlingConsequences...Like
DANG.
10:14We'llseethatmuonsshouldn'teverhitthesurfaceofEarth(buttheydo),thingsthatyou
thinkhappenatthesameplacemightnotbe,andthingsthatseemtohappenatthesametime
mightnot,also.Oh,andlightneverexperiencestime.Itiscreatedanddestroyedatthesamein

DocPhysicsLorentzLengthContractioninSpecialRelativity
14:13Unfortunately,notagreeingonhowtimepassesalsoaffectswhetherweagreeonhowfar
aparteventsare.Sorry!

DocPhysicsLorentzLengthContractionWorkedExamplewith
SpecialRelativityBuick
6:46WhenBuicksgetgoing,yougetoutoftheway.Theymightbeshort,butthey'restill
WIDE!

DocPhysicsRelativisticLengthContractionExplainswhyMuons
hittheSurfaceofEarth
3:11Muonsdon'thaveenoughtime,evenmovingat99.5%thespeedoflight,tohittheground
from5kmup,intheupperatmosphere,wheretheyarecreated.Luckily,theydon'tthinktheyhave
togothatfar.Wheeeee.SpecialRelativityisFUN!

DocPhysicsRelativisticVelocityTransformationTheory

4:14Addingvelocities(intermsofbeta)isjustslightlyharderthanv1+v2,'cuzEinsteinneeds
tomakesurethatthesumisnevergreaterthan1.

DocPhysicsRelativisticVelocityAdditionWorkedExample
2:260.5+0.9islessthan1.Sorry.

DocPhysicsRelativisticVelocityAdditionSecondWorked
ExampleVelocitySubtraction!!!
10:09Relativity,wherenothingisasitseems.Welcometowonderland,toughguy.

DocPhysicsSpecialRelativitySummaryandRelativistic
MomentumTransformationbyLorentz
12:47Momentumisstillconserved,it'sjustnotwhatyouthoughtitwas.Ormaybeitis...ifwe
REDEFINEMASS,SUCKA!

DocPhysicsEinstein'sMassEnergyEquivalenceEquation
0:12Well,Iguessenergycancreatemassandviceversa.

DocPhysicsRelativisticKineticEnergy,RestEnergy,Light
Energy,andsomeNuclearPhysics
13:13We'llseethatKineticEnergyiswrong,justliketime,space,mass,andmomentum.Sorry.
Butit'srightatlowspeeds!

DocPhysicsSomeStartlingConsequencesofEinstein'sMass
EnergyEquivalenceE=mc^2
3:11Turnsoutthatthingsbecomeheavierwhentheystoreenergy.Doesthismeanthatfields
havemass?

DocPhysicsGeneralRelativity!Einstein'sEquivalencePrinciple
andtheCurvatureofSpacetime
14:39Einsteinhadaknackforshakingthingsup.Acceleratedreferenceframesareequivalentto
gravitationalfields,soagravitationalfieldcanbeviewedasacceleration,whichleadstosome
reallyinterestinggravitationaleffectsonlight.Lightfeelsgravity.

DocPhysicsBlackHolesExist'CuzLightCurvessoMuchthatit
BENDSBACKONITSELF

5:53

APCh30IntrotoQuantum(Modern)Physics
DocPhysicsBlackbodyRadiation,ModernPhysics,Quantum
Mechanics,andtheOxfordComma
11:26LordKelvinhadoneofthosefamouslywrongstatementsin1900.Don'tletanyonetell
youthattheworkisdone.EvencloudscanholdHUGEchanges.

DocPhysicsMaxPlanckSolvestheUltravioletCatastrophefor
BlackbodyRadiation
5:27Wecontinueourinvestigationintothehistoricaldevelopmentofquantumphysics.Max
Planckhadfourchildren,andALLofthemdiedbeforehedid.

DocPhysicsQuantumMechanicalHarmonicOscillatorWorked
Example
5:26Imeanthisinthenicestpossibleway:Howquantumisyourgerbil?

DocPhysicsEinsteinDeclaresthatLightisParticles(Photons)!
Dangit,Man!
5:54ButIthoughtlightwasawave.Itshowsfreakin'diffraction.Grrrr.

DocPhysicsThePhotoelectricEffect.LightisParticles,notWaves.
Butwait......
24:08Einsteinexplainedthephotoelectriceffectin1905,butthefullphilosophicalimplications
weren'tunderstooduntiltheearly1920's.(Ormaybetheystillaren't...)Quantumphysicsisthe
onlywaytounderstandthephotoelectriceffect.Solightcomesinphotonslittlelightpackets.
Butt

DocPhysicsLighthasMomentumandKineticEnergybutnoRest
Mass.What'supnow?
5:05Quantumphysicskeepsgettingweirderandweirder.Infact,theexplanationcomesmore
fromrelativity.What'sthisvideodoinghere?Oh,IguessI'mabouttoexplaintheComptonEffect,
soIneedtoknowthemomentumofaphoton.

DocPhysicsComptonScatteringatWashingtonUniversityinSt.
LouisTheComptonEffect
13:35Hey,Iwentthere.YoucanstillseeaplaquehonoringthelocationofCompton'sNobel
Prizewinningwork.Theycallitscattering'cuzthexraysgoeverywhichwayaftertheyhitthe
electrons.TheComptonEffectisthefactthatlightchangescolorwhenithitsafreeelectron.
Classicalph

DocPhysicsLouisdeBrogliemakesQuantumPhysicsweirder
He'sFrench!(andbrilliant)
10:54Youhaveawavelength.You'reawave?deBroglie'shypothesisaboutthewavenatureof
matterwonhimtheNobelPrizeameresixyearslater.Hewasagraduatestudentwhenhehadthe
beautiful,symmetrymotivatedidea.Healsohadcoolhair.Howdoyouthinkhepartedit?

DocPhysicsDoubleSlitDiffractionforElectrons!
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!Quantum!
5:59Slowly,Iwillpullalltheexperimentsandlogicalconsistenciesofyouryouthawayfrom
you.Willanythingthatyouthoughtwasrealremain?

DocPhysicsHeisenbergUncertaintyPrincipleDerivedand
Explained
16:15Oneofthemostoftquotedresultsofquantumphysics,thisdoozieforcesustoreconsider
whatwecanknowabouttheuniverse.Somethingscannotbeknownsimultaneously.Infact,if
anythingaboutasystemisknownperfectly,thereislikelyanothercharacteristicthatis
completely

DocPhysicsCrazyWeirdQuantumPhysicsFacts,Effects,and
ResultsaQuickTourthroughtheZoo
11:53Tunneling,Superfluids,InfiniteThermalConductivity,reflectionatnegativebarriers,
Schrodinger'sCat,measurementcollapsingwavefunctions,ohmy.

APCh31AtomicTheoryandtheBoundElectron
DocPhysicsIntrototheHistoryofAtomicTheoryMCHammer's
UnpublicizedSpeechImpediment

12:48Rutherford,Thomson,electrons,nuclei,andplums.Idon'tmeantobeabohr,butdoyou
thinkpuddingshouldhavearoleinseriousscientificinquiry?Postinthecomments.

DocPhysicsTheBalmerSeries:SpectralEmissionLinesofDiffuse
HydrogenGas
8:11HeyTeacherLeavethemkidsaloneandgodosomephysics

DocPhysicsIntrotoBohr'sModeloftheHydrogenLikeAtom
PART1
20:25NielsBohrattemptedtoexplainthestabilityoftheatom,sohetookRutherford'satomic
modelandsimplyordainedsomeorbitsasSTABLE.Ifyousayso,Dr.Bohr.Whateveryousay.

DocPhysicsIntrotoBohr'sModeloftheHydrogenLikeAtom
PART2
10:37Weseewhatsizethestableelectronicorbitsareandhowmuchenergytheelectronhasin
itsvarious(infinite)stableorbits.

DocPhysicsIntrotoBohr'sModeloftheHydrogenLikeAtom
PART3(Conclusion)
11:58Finally,Bohr'smodelmakesapredictionthatcanbetested!Andit'sgood!Itjustmakesno
senseatall...

DocPhysicsElectron'sAtomicEnergyLevelTransitionDiagram
WorkedExample
7:43Weproposesomerandomhorizontallinesandaskyoutodosomephysics

DocPhysicsdeBroglie'sMatterWavesJustifyBohr'sMagic
ElectronOrbitalRadii
8:16Iincludeasummaryofthehydrogenatom'selectronicstructureandexplainhowan
electroncaninterferewithitselfinanorbitjustlikeitcaninadoubleslitexperiment.

DocPhysicsElectronProbabilityDensityFunctions"Clouds"
4:35Theelectron'swavefunctioncanbeusedtopredictwhereitis,butwearefundamentally
limitedbystatistics.YOUCANNOTKNOWWHERETHEELECTRONIS.INFACTITISN'T
ATAPARTICULARPLACE.Thecatisbothaliveanddead,ifyouknowwhatImean.

APCh32IntrotoNuclearPhysics
DocPhysicsIntrotoNuclearPhysics
7:01We'llseehowmasscanbemeasuredinreallyfunkyunitsandwhycarbon12weighsless
thanthesumofitsconstituentparts.

DocPhysicsEstimateSizeofNucleus,IntroduceandMotivate
NuclearDecay
9:50Rutherford'sexperimentletsusputanupperboundontheradiusofagoldnucleus.Wealso
explaintheconditionsofnuclearstabilityfromfirstprinciples.

DocPhysicsIntrotoRadioactivity,NuclearDecay,Alpha,Beta,
andGammaRays
8:23Radiationissomethingyoucan'tsee;butitcanstillkillyou.Bettertoknowwhatyou'reup
against.

DocPhysicsAlphaParticlesNuclearRadiationExplained
5:12Smokedetectorssavelives.Replaceyourbatteriestodayifyouwanttolive.

DocPhysicsBetaParticlesNuclearRadiationExplained
10:24What'sthatelectrondoingallupinyournucleus?

DocPhysicsGammaRaysNuclearRadiationExplained
4:44Donothangaroundexcitednuclei.

DocPhysicsRadioactivity,HalfLife,VideoGames,Exponential
Decay,andDeadRabbits.
20:36Insummary,themoredangerousaradioactivesampleis,themorerapidlyit'sbecoming
safe.Butyoushouldstillwaitbeforeeatingit.

DocPhysicsExponentialBehaviorandHalfLifeSummaryand
Conclusions
8:44Thisisoptional,butitshowsthegraphicaleffectsofhalflifeanddecayconstant.You
mightlikeit.

DocPhysicsCarbon14RadioactiveDatingWorkedExample

10:34I'mthinkingaboutgettingbackintodating.I'monlygoingtobeseeingbitsofclothand
brokenplates,sothere'snoneedtotellmywife.

DocPhysicsHowtoMakeanAtomicBomb
20:07Firstly,don'tcallitatomic.Itshouldbecalledanuclearbomb,'cuzyou'remessingwith
nuclei.Secondly,don'tmakeabomb.Instead,learnaboutfissionandfusionsoyoucansolve
humanity'senergyproblemsandmakelifebetterforothers.

APPhysicsCalculusLessons
DocPhysicsCalculusDay1IntrotoDerivatives
26:00Webegintounderstandwhataderivativeisandhowit'susefulinphysics.We'll
differentiatepolynomialsandsineandcosine.

DocPhysicsCalculusDay2WhyDerivativesareAwesome
29:57Impressyourfriends!Findlocalmaximaandminima!Journeytothepointofinflection,
andreturntotellthetale.

DocPhysicsCalculusDay3IntrotoIntegrals
30:48Ihopethatyouwillbeginseeingintegralseverywhereafterwatchingthis.'Cuzintegrals
areactuallyeverywhere.Nowyouseethem.

DocPhysicsCalculusDay4ApplicationstoPhysics
24:41Thisvideowillnotbeveryusefulunlessyou'vehadsomeexposuretophysicsalready.I
designeditformysecondyearstudents.Wederivetheclassickinematicequationand
gravitational,electric,andelasticpotentialenergies.

DocPhysicsCalculusDay5DefiniteIntegrals
9:33Thefirstpartofdayfive.Thisvideoshouldbewatchedbeforethevideoonaverages.

DocPhysicsCalculusDay5AveragesandOtherNiceThings
10:32Thefinallessononcalculus


CommonMath(Algebra)MistakesinPhysics
DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber1Multipliedbythe
DenominatorinyourCalculator
Theseeightquickvideosaremyattempttohelpstudentsidentifytheirstruggles
inalgebra.Aposterinyourroomsoyoucanpointoutmistakesmighthelp!

DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber2MultipliedaFractionby1
DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber3ThoughtZerowas1
DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber4Thought1wasNothing
DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber5MultipliedBothSidesofan
equation,butnotreally
DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber6MiscellaneousAlgebraError
DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber7"Solved"anEquationbut
unknownonbothsides
DocPhysicsMaffOopsieNumber8GotConfusedwhenDividing
byaFraction

SemiconductorPhysics
DocPhysicsHowDoesaDiodeWork?(pnJunctionsintheHood)
23:32Wewillseewhatadiodedoes,andthenbegintounderstandwhy.We'llinvestigatethe
structureofsiliconandothergroup(IV)elements.Wewilldiscussdopingandothermethodsof
creatingmobilechargecarrierslikeelectronsandholes.Wewillfinallydiscoverthatwhenptype
silic

DocPhysicsHowLED'sWork
11:44STOP!WATCHTHISVIDEOFIRST:http://youtu.be/b3xys6rYM_Q

DocPhysicsHowSolarPanelsWorkConvertSunlightto
ElectricityinYourOwnBackyard
8:17STOP!WATCHTHISVIDEOFIRST:http://youtu.be/b3xys6rYM_

DocPhysicsTurningonDiodes.Finally,thisiswhydiodesconduct
onewaybutnottheother.
6:30STOP!WATCHTHISVIDEOFIRSThttp://youtu.be/b3xys6rYM_

MagneticMonopoles
DocPhysicsIntrotoMagneticMonopoles
9:16We'lldiscussthereasonswethinktherearemagneticmonopolesandwhytheyseemtobe
hardtofind...iftheyexistatall...

DocPhysicsWhyaMagneticMonopoleWouldQuantizeallthe
ElectricChargeintheUniverse
12:33WatchasDocSchusterflubshiswaythroughoneofthemostimportantQuantum
Mechanicspapersofalltime.