A. Traveling Waves
1. Mathematical form
2. Relationship between speed and medium properties
3. Energy in waves
4. Standing waves
B. Wave Phenomena
1. Sound waves in air
2. Doppler effect
3. Beats
*4. Water waves
C. Physical Optics
1. Maxwell's equations
2. Interference
3. Diffraction
D. Kinetic Theory of Gases
1. The ideal gas law
2. The gas thermometer
3. Pressure of an ideal gas
4. Energy of an ideal gas
5. Real gases
6. Specific heats of gases
E. Relativity
1. Galilean relativity
2. Experimental violations of Galilean relativity
3. Einstein postulates
4. Lorentz transformation
5. Time dilation and space contraction
6. Transformation of velocity and acceleration
7. Relativistic mechanics
*8. Twin paradox
(*denotes optional topic)
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