Ideas Of Physics Homepage   Northwestern University   Spring, 2012   Dr. David Taylor Welcome to the general public version of the homepage for Phyx 103-0, Ideas of Physics.  The lecture topics are listed below; to get the most out of them they should be read in order – but in any case, do read, and I hope, enjoy.  NOTE -- This website contains a number of links to small videos.  If your web browser does not play the videos correctly, try saving them to your desktop and using QuickTime instead.

Lecture Topics The Origins of Astronomy The Secret of the Planets Galileo Newton Newton's Laws Energy Conservation Laws Atoms and Heat Ideal Gas Law Refrigeration Dateline of Thermodynamics Waves Light and Sound Static Electricity Electricity and Magnetism Relativity Quantum Mechanics Timeline Nuclear & Particle Physics Timeline Summary of Quantum & Nuclear Physics Radioactivity The Five Common Particles Summary of Particle Physics Return to David Taylor's Science Essays Homepage