2018-Physics-II

General Physics A II (Spring, 2018)
**Lecturer:** Prof. Hsiu-Hau LIN **Schedule:** 10:10 - 12:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays **Textbook:** Physics for Scientists and Engineers (9th edition, Serway and Jewett) You can find the lecture videos in NTHU OpenCourseWare

Ten-Question Syllabus (Semester II)
Q11: Why are most materials charge neutral? Q12: What causes lightning? Q13: Can magnetic forces do work? Q14: How does the geomagnetic field arise? Q15: Why can light propagate in vacuum? Q16: What is the nature of light? Q17: Why are atoms stable? Q18: How is the secret of life encoded? Q19: How can we date fossils? Q20: What are the building blocks of our universe?

Class Lectures
Feb 22: Course Introduction
 * Week 1 **

Feb 27: ** ** Mar 1:
 * Week 2 **

Mar 6: Mar 8: ** **
 * Week 3 **

Mar 13: Mar 15: ** **
 * Week 4 **

Mar 20: Mar 22:
 * Week 5 **

Mar 27: Midterm 1 (Q11, Q12, Q13) Mar 29: Midterm 1 discussions
 * Week 6 **

Apr 3: ** ** Apr 5: 清明節
 * Week 7 **

Apr 10: Apr 12:
 * Week 8 **

Apr 17: ** ** Apr 19:
 * Week 9 **

Apr 24: Apr 26:
 * Week 10 **

May 1: Maxwell equations 2 May 3: ** **
 * Week 11 **

May 8: May 10:
 * Week 12 **

May 15: Midterm 2 (Q14, Q15, Q16) May 17: Midterm 2 discussions
 * Week 13 **

May 22: ** ** May 24:
 * Week 14 **

May 29: May 31:
 * Week 15 **

June 5: June 7:
 * Week 16 **

June 12: ** ** June 14:
 * Week 17 **

(Skipped Materials) Q19-1: **** Q19-2: Q20-1: ** ** Q20-2:

**Week 18** (Final Week) June 19: Final (Q17, Q18) June 21: Final discussions