PHYS 171 — Physics I Lecture
This course is an algebra/trigonometry-based course on the fundamental concepts of mechanics, fluids, and thermodynamics. The course begins with an introduction to the nature of measurement, scalars, vector arithmetic, and one- and two-dimensional kinematics, continuing on to discuss Newton's laws of motion, energy, and momentum, universal gravitation, with an introduction to the elastic properties of materials. Static and dynamic systems are studied, in the context of both translational and rotational motion. Further topics include fluid statics and dynamics, ideal gases, heat and temperature, the laws of thermodynamics, entropy, and heat engines.