Physics for geologists 1300-OFIZ-GGG

Program:

1. Geology and Physics
2. Experiment as a source of knowledge about the surrounding world

Mechanics
3. Scalars and vectors
4. Description of motion
5. Newton's equations of motion
Conservation of momentum
6. Gravitation
7. Work and energy
Conservation of energy
8. Elements of relativity
10. Mechanics of fluids and solids

Thermal physics
11. Thermodynamical equilibrium
12. Temperature and its measurements
13. Heat and its flow
14. The first law of thermodynamics
15. Kinetic theory of the ideal gas
16. The second law of thermodynamics and entropy
17. Phase transitions

Electricity and magnetism
18. Electric charges and Coulomb's law
19. Electric field
20. Electric potential energy
21. Electric current
22. Magnetic field
23. Sources of magnetic field
24. Electromagnetic induction
25. Magnetic field in matter and magnetic materials
26. Earth's magnetism

Waves
27. Mechanical waves
28. Wave equation
29. Interference of waves
30. Sound waves
31. Electromagnetic waves and light
32. Propagation of waves in matter
33. Diffraction of waves
diffraction in crystals
34. Polarization

Elements of quantum mechanics
35. Problems of classical physics
36. Quantum state and wave function
37. Schrödinger's equation
38. Hydrogen atom
39. Periodic table of elements
40. Chemical bonds

Nuclear physics
41. Nuclear forces
42. Nuclear energy
43. Models of nuclei
44. Radioactive decay
45. Nuclear reactions: fission and fusion
46. Structure of matter - elementary particles and fundamental interactions
47. History of the Universe