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Text: Physics for Poets, 4th Edition, R. H. March, McGraw-Hill, 1992

unit 1

Lec	Chap	Pages	Comments
1	X		X means it isn't in the book
2	4	39-46
3	1	5-11
4	1	11-18
5	2	19-23
6	2	23-29	Skim The Center of Mass Doesn't Move, pp. 27-29.
7	3	30-38	Skim Going Around in Circles, pp. 35-37.
8	4	46-50	Skim equations on p. 47 in The Moon is the Key.
9	5	51-63	Skip equation on p. 55.
10	6	64-70
11	6	70-77	Skip three sections on pp. 73-77 until Lecture 15.

Lec	Chap	Pages	Comments
12	7	78-84
13	7	84-88
14	7	88-89
15	4	73-77	There's a Physics Museum computer with examples of chaos on it.
16	8	90-100
17	9	101-106 109-110	How to Use the Postulates of Relativity, p. 106 is optional. An Unbreakable Speed Limit fits best here.
18	9	106-111
19	9	111-114
20	10	115-120 123-128	You may skip Back to the Garage, pp. 120-123. You may skip The Twin Paradox, pp. 127-128.
21	X
22	11	129-134	Energy and Mass, pp. 132-134: skip the part which goes with the figure on p. 133.
23	11	134-137
24	X
25	12	138-144	Skip the twin paradox paragraphs on p. 144.
26	12	144-148
27	12	150-156	Note the switched order of this and the next reading.
28	12	148-150

Lec	Chap	Pages	Supplements
29	13,14	157-180	Note in Unit 3 the lectures compress much of the material from Chapters 13 to 18. Supplements are provided for the last three wekks.
30	15	181-183
31	15	183-186
32	15	186-199
33	16,17	200-213 214-218
34	17,18	218-233
35	X		Superconductivity
36	X		Sky
37	X		Energy Level
38	X		Electronics/Chips
39	19	234-239
40	19	240-245	Building Blocks
41	19	239-240 245-248	Four Forces
42	19	248-251	Inner Space/Outer Space
43	X		Nobel