text pages

Ch 7, pp 88-89.

lecture goals

• Learn about light as a wave and various properties best illustrated by light, such as refraction and diffraction.
• Learn the electromagnetic spectrum.
• Learn what the Doppler effect and a shock wave are.

outline of lecture

1. Properties of Light

2. The Electromagnetic Spectrum

3. Dispersion and Refraction

4. The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves

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