PHYSICS
Progress tests, final written and oral examination
The course aims to provide students with the tools of the scientific method, understanding and operational capabilities of the principles of classical physics.
The experimental method. Measurement units and dimensions of physical quantities. Kinematics. Mechanics. Newton's laws, momentum, angular momentum, energy and work. Conservative and non-conservative forces. Conservation laws. Oscillations and waves. Fluid and gas: pressure, Stevin's law, Archimede's Force, Bernoulli's law. Ideal gas, kinetic theory of gases. Thermodynamics: thermal equilibrium, heat and energy, heat capacity, I and II law of thermodynamics, entropy. Basic electromagnetic phenomena. Electrostatics. Electric properties of matter.
Serway, Principi di Fisica, EDISES
Solving problems on fundamental laws of physics.
Readiness to offer individual assistance also in English language to incoming students