Course Description

The physics of our universe is dominated by four fundamental forces: gravity, electromagnetism, and weak and strong nuclear forces. These forces control how matter, energy, space, and time interact. For example, when someone sits on a chair, gravitational forces balance with the material forces that "push up" to hold the person in place. This upward push results from electromagnetic forces on microscopic length scales. On the larger stage, gravity holds the celestial bodies in their orbits, but without electromagnetic radiation (light), none of these bodies would be visible to us.

 

This course includes the following units:

- Unit 1: Mechanical Vibrations and Waves in Extended Objects

- Unit 2: Electrostatics

- Unit 3: Electronic Circuit Theory

- Unit 4: Magnetism

- Unit 5: Electromagnetic Induction

- Unit 6: Electromagnetic Waves

- Unit 7: Optics

- Unit 8: Special Relativity