- Docente: Federico Boscherini
- Credits: 7
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biological Sciences (cod. 8012)
Course contents
Kinematics in 1 and 2 dimensions.
Newton's laws of motion.
Uniform circular motion. Gravitation.
Work and energy.
Fluids. Pressure. Archimedes principle. Bernoulli's equation.
Temperature and heat. Kinetic theory.
The laws of thermodynamics. Entropy.
Simple harmonic motion. Waves.
Electrostatics and electric currents.
Magnetostatics, electromagnetic waves, and physical optics.
Readings/Bibliography
Douglas C. Giancoli, Fisica , 2 a edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Milano, 2006).
Teaching methods
Formal lessons and problem solving excercises.
Laboratory experiments.
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam. The written exam involves the solution of numerical problems.
Teaching tools
Formal teaching, laboratory experiments and data analysis.
Office hours
See the website of Federico Boscherini