PHY 101 Lectures
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Lecture #1, Introduction to PHY 101 and
Introduction to Energy
Lecture #2, Motion
Lecture #3, Mechanical Energy, Force, and Work
Lecture #4, Forces and Springs
Lecture #5, Power and Simple Harmonic Motion
Lecture #6, Simple Harmonic Oscillators and
Electrica Phenomena
Lecture #7, Electric Fields, Electric Potential,
and Intro to Electrical Circuits
Lecture #8, Electrical Circuits II
Lecture #9, Series Circuit, Parallel Circuit,
and Capacitors
Lecture #10, Electrical Power, Magnetic
Phenomena
Lecture #11, Electrical Motors and Generators
Lecture #12, AC Electricity and Transformers
Lecture #13, Chemical Energy
Lecture #14, Chemical Energy and Thermal Energy
Lecture #15, The First Law of Thermodynamics
Lecture #16, More on the First Law, and Human
Bioenergetics
Lecture #17, More on Human Bioenergetics, and
Nuclear Structure
Lecture #18, Light Energy from the Sun
Lecture #19, Energy in the Ecosystem
Lecture #20, Behavior of Gases
Lecture #21, Matter, Heat, and Work
Lecture #22, Heat Engines
Lecture #23, Efficiency of Heat Engines
Lecture #24, The "Energy Crisis"
Handout for Lecture #24, The Hubbert "Blip"
Lecture #25, Solar Energy
Lecture #26, Other Energy Sources: Status Report
Lecture #27, Conclusion to PHY 101