Course Description

This course is designed to examine the foundation and principles of physics from a historical perspective. Providing an overview of the cutting-edge knowledge of science, this course also examines how one”s perception of the physical-material universe may affect one”s philosophical viewpoint.

物理学の基礎や原理を歴史的な視点から考察し、また、最先端の科学的知識を概観するとともに、哲学的なものの見方にたいする自然観の影響について検討する。

The Laws of Motion

Mechanical Objects

Feb 10 Fluids

Feb 12 Fluids and Motion

Feb 14 Fluids and Motion

  Heat and Phase Transitions

  Thermodynamics

   Resonance and Mechanical Waves

  Electricity

  Magnetism and Electrodynamics

  Electromagnetic Waves

  Light

  Optics and Electronics

  Modern Physics*  (* Extent depends on time available.)