Given the ongoing pandemic and the max. capacity of the large physics lecture hall of 97 persons under BAG rules, the lecture will all be held online, available at the switch.ch tube channel
lectures https://tube.switch.ch/channels/293c6e05
This switch.ch tube channel is dedicated to the Physics 1 lecture for Biology, Geoscience and Pharmaceutical science students. The exercises will also be done online, and the solutions to the problem sets are available on a separate switch.ch channel
exercises https://tube.switch.ch/channels/fbd662e3
This is the first semester of the required physics course for biologists, pharmacists and geologists. The main subjects covered are mechanics and thermodynamics. Knowledge of high school level mathematics is required, including understanding of basic geometry, trigonometry, vectors and calculus (derivatives and integrals). See university course description. A table of contents is here.
Date: Friday, Jan 29, 2021, 9-11 o'clock (date and room to be confirmed)
Two hour written exam, similar to problem sets, comprised of all topics from the lecture and exercise classes. The exam will be both in English and German.
Exam regulations (see here)
The course is based on Physik für Mediziner, Biologen, Pharmazeuten, 8. Auflage (pdf) by Trautwein, Kreibig and Hüttermann (De Gruyter, 2014) in German. The recommended English textbook is Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Vol 1, 6th Edition by Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca (Freeman and Co., 2008) or - for a full version including material beyond this course - Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th Edition by Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca (Freeman and Co., 2008). Specific readings in both books are recommended in preparation for each lecture below. In addition, a German skriptum which covers the topics of the course can be purchased in class or downloaded (pdf). A German version of the Tipler text book, Physik für Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure, 7. Auflage by Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca and Jenny Wagner (Springer, 2008) (pdf), is available in online form as is a work book, Arbeitsbuch zu Tipler/Mosca Physik by David Mills and Alexander Knochel (Springer, 2008) (pdf), with practice problems and solutions.
Introduction, course organization, outline and expectations; literature; mathematical review: vectors, geometry, trigonometry, derivates, integrals
Trautwein (German): chapters A.3, A.5
Tipler (English): chapters 1-6, 1-7, M-7, M-8, M-11, M-12
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Physical quantities; units, measurements
Skript (German): chapter 101
Trautwein (German): chapter 1. to 1.1.5
Tipler (English): chapters 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Motion in space; velocity; acceleration
Skript: chapters 2.1 - 2.3, pages 102-1 to 4
Trautwein (German): chapters 1.2 to 1.2.4
Tipler (English): chapters 2,3
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Motion under constant acceleration; circular and harmonic motion
Skript: chapters 2.4 and 2.5, pages 102-5 to 13
Trautwein (German): chapters 1.2 to 1.2.4
Tipler (English): chapters 2, 3
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Mass; inertia; Newton's laws; gravity; inertial forces
Skript: chapters 3.1 - 3.5, pages 103-1 to 7
Trautwein (German): chapters 2. to 2.2.5
Tipler (English): chapter 4
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Torque; moment of inertia; angular momentum; center of mass
Skript: chapters 3.6 - 3.8, pages 103-7 to 14
Trautwein (German): chapters 2.2.6 to 2.2.9
Tipler (English): chapter 5
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Friction
Skript: chapter 3.9, pages 103-15 to 19
Trautwein (German): chapter 3
Tipler (English): chapter 6
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Work, energy, power, forms of energy and power
Skript: chapters 4.0 - 4.2, pages 104-1 to 8
Trautwein (German): chapter 3
Tipler (English): chapter 6
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Conservation of energy, conservation of momentum
Skript: chapters 5.0 - 5.2, pages 105-1 to 8
Trautwein (German): chapter 4 to 4.3
Tipler (English): chapters 7, 8 (excluding 7-4, 7-5)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Conservation of angular momentum
Skript: chapters 5.2 - 5.3, pages 105-9 to 12
Trautwein (German): chapter 4.4
Tipler (English): chapters 9, 10 (excluding 10-4)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Binding, forms of matter, properties of solids
Skript: chapters 6.0 - 6.2, pages 106-1 to 7
Trautwein (German): chapter 5 to 5.2
Tipler (English): chaptes 37, 38-1, 12
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Properties of liquids, hydrostatics, surface tension
Skript: chapters 7.1 and 7.2, pages 107-1 to 7
Trautwein (German): chapter 5.3 to 5.3.2.1
Tipler (English): chapter 13
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbüh
capillaries, hydrodynamics, continuity eq., Bernoulli eq.
Sktipt: chapter 7.3 to 7.4.2, pages 107-8 to 107-15
Trautwein (German): chapter 5.3.2.2 to 5.3.3.1
Tipler (English): chapter 13
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Viscosity, flow resistance, sedimentation
Skript: chapter 7.4.3 and 7.4.4, pages 107-16 to 107-22
Trautwein (German): chapter 5.3.3.2 to 5.3.3.2.4
Tipler (English): chapter 13
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Zumbühl
Laminar and turbulent flow, Reynolds criterion
Harmonic oscillators, pendulum, undamped oscillator, damped oscillator, driven oscillations
Skript: chapters 7.4.4, pages 107-23 to 25 (D. Zumbühl)
Skript: chapters 8.1, pages 108-1 to 6 (M. Calame)
Trautwein (German): chapter 6 to 6.4
Tipler (English): chapter 14
damped and forced oscillations, superposition, Fourier decomposition, beating, coupled pendulum
Skript: chapters 8.2 to 8.5, pages 108-7 to 15
Trautwein (German): chapter 6.5 to 6.6
Tipler (English): chapter 14
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
types of waves, wave equation, harmonic waves, plane and spherical waves
Skript: chapters 9.1 and 9.2, pages 109-1 to 8
Trautwein (German): chapter 7 to 7.4
Tipler (English): chapter 15
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
Doppler effect, Mach cone, anharmonic waves, superposition and diffraction, standing waves, eigenmodes
Skript: chapters 9.3 to 9.5, pages 109-9 to 21
Trautwein (German): chapter 7.5 to 7.8
Tipler (English): chapter 15
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
Interfaces: reflection and refraction, acoustics, human voice and ear
Skript: chapters 9.6 and 9.7, pages 109-22 to 30
Trautwein (German): chapter 7.9 to 7.13
Tipler (English): chapter 16
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
Definition of temperature, heat energy, heat capacity, temperature scales, temperature measurements, thermal expansion
Skript: chapter 201, pages 201-1 to 8
Trautwein (German): chapter 8
Tipler (English): chapter 17-1, 17-2, 18-1
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
heat transport, internal energy and introduction to 1st law of thermodynamics
Skript: chapter 202. 202-1 to 9
Trautwein (German): chapter 13. to 13.2
Tipler (English): chapter 20-1, 20-4, 18-3
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
Ideal gas law, change of state, adiabatic changes, gas pressure, kinetic gas theory, specific heat
Skript: chapter 203, pages 203-1 to 8
Trautwein (German): chapter 9, 10
Tipler (English): chapter 17-3, 17-4
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
Kinetic energy and temperature, equipartition, brownian motion, work, heat capacity, real gases
Skript: chapter 203, pages 203-9 to 16
Trautwein (German): chapter 10, 11
Tipler (English): chapter 17-4, 18-1, 18-2
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
Internal energy, 1st law, reversible and irreversible process, entropy
Skript: chapter 204, page 1 to 8
Trautwein (German): chapter 12.1 to 12.4
Tipler (English): chapter 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 18-6, 18-7, 18-8, 18-9
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
2nd law, energy balance, heat engines
Skript: chapter 204, page 9 to 12
Trautwein (German): chapter 12.5
Tipler (English): chapter 19
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame
Mixing, solutions, diffusion, osmosis
Skript: chapter 205, pages 1 to 4, chapter 206, page 1 to 3
Trautwein (German): chapter 13.3 to 13.3.7.6
Tipler (English): chapter 20-2, 20-3
Lecturer: Prof. M. Calame