Course Description | First part of a two-semester, calculus-based, physics survey course for students planning study in medicine or the life sciences. Topics: kinematics, dynamics, systems of particles, conservation laws, statics, gravitation, fluids, oscillations, mechanical waves, sound, thermal physics, laws of thermodynamics. For credit, enrollment in Physics 53L and a lab/recitation (Physics 53L9,R) section required. Students planning to major in physics should enroll in Physics 41L, 42L in their freshman year. Closed to students having credit for Physics 41L, 61L, or 63L. Instructor: Brown or Mehen |