G494 Rise and Fall of the Clockwork Universe!

G494 Rise and Fall of the Clockwork Universe!

Creating Models

• Radioactivity and Exponential decay
• Capacitors
• Charging and discharging
• Modelling decay
• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Simple Harmonic Oscillators
• Free and Forced Vibrations

Out into Space

• Forces and momentum
• Newton's laws of motion
• Work and Energy
• Circular Motion
• Gravitational fields

Our Place in the Universe

• The Solar system and Astronomical distances
• The Doppler effect and redshift
• The Big Band Model of the Universe

Matter: Very Simple

• Ideal Gases
• The Pressure of an ideal gas
• Internal Energy and temperature

Matter: Hot and Cold

• Activation Energy
• The Boltzmann factor

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