Physics of everyday life
General data
| Course ID: | 1100-FDC-OG |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
13.2
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| Course title: | Physics of everyday life |
| Name in Polish: | Fizyka dnia codziennego |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Physics |
| Course groups: |
(in Polish) Przedmioty do wyboru/specjalizacyjne na kierunku MSOŚ oferowane przez Wydział Fizyki General university courses General university courses at Faculty of Physics General university subjects |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | Polish |
| Main fields of studies for MISMaP: | physics |
| Type of course: | general courses |
| Prerequisites (description): | Lectures answer for questions concerning physical phenomena and processes observed in our direct surroundings. Lectures are based on experiments (in average, about ten per single lecture). These, well suited experiments, enable to show the most significant elements (the core) of physics reality. |
| Mode: | Classroom |
| Short description: |
The main goal of lectures is to answer for the questions concerning physical phenomena and processes present in our direct surroundings. Lectures are based on several experiments (in average, about ten per single lecture). These, well suited experiments, enable to show the most significant elements (the core) of the physics reality. |
| Full description: |
The principal goal of my lectures is to present everyday life physics to students (mainly) of humanistic faculties. My lectures will inspire them by using as many as possible physical experiments, and make them more sensitive to the physic phenomena present in a real world. Program of lectures: Lectures are ordered according to successive times of day. At morning: Why we are able to hear? Why our eyes see in colours? How glasses are working? The source of dew If fog is falling down, does then wheather improve? Why mirror in the bathroom and window in the kitchen are usually covered by steam? Why sky is blue? Why sony does shine in yellow colour? and so on and so far We are running to our office: Why windows observed from the outside are almost black? ... Simlple model of the traffic jam ... Why windows have two glasses? and so on and so far ... |
| Bibliography: |
- P.G. Hewitt, "Fizyka wokół nas", PWN, Warszawa 2000 - J. Gaj, "Laboratorium fizyczne w domu", WNT, Warszawa 1982 - K. Ernst, "Fizyka sportu", PWN, Warszawa 1992 - K. Ernst, "Einstein na huśtawce czyli fizyka zabaw, gier i zabawek", Prószyński i S-ka, Warszwa 2002 - C. Suplee, "Fizyka XX wieku", PWN, Warszwa 2001 - "Encyklopedia multimedialna PWN", PWN Warszawa 1999-2002R. - Greenler, "Tęcze, glorie i halo czyli niezwykłe zjawiska optyczne w atmosferze", Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 1998 - A. Strzałkowski, "O siłach rządzących światem", PWN, Warszawa 1996 - A. Isaacs, "Słownik fizyki", Prószyński i S-ka, Warszwa 1999 - "Słownik fizyki", Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 1999 - "Encyklopedia fizyki wspólczesnej", PWN, Warszawa 1983 - "Encyklopedia Nauki i Techniki", Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa 2002 |
| Learning outcomes: |
The principal task of my lectures is to present everyday life physics to students (mainly) of humanistic faculties. My lectures will inspire them by using as many as possible physical experiments, and make them more sensitive to the physic phenomena and processes present in a real world. We expect that lectures will support own students activity to find answers for questions define by everayday physics. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
In fact, there are two ways to examination: (i) to present few experiments before the audience and explain the physics phenomena shown in this manner; (ii) traditional spoken examination concerning lectures |
| Internships: |
none |
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