Selected Chapters of Physics

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	480-8530/01
Abbreviation	VKF
Course title	Selected Chapters of Physics
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	RNDr. Josef Poláček, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Classical mechanics a dynamics
2. Elasticity and deformation in continuum
3. Mechanical oscillations and waves in continuum
4. Mechanics of fluids
5. Kinetic theory of gasses
6. Thermodynamics
7. Physical fields (gravitational, electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic field)
8. Electrostatics
9. Electrodynamics
10. Magnetism
11. Optics (wave and quantum ones)
12. Fundamentals of nuclear and quantum physics
13. Theory of relativity

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

FEYNMAN, R.P., LEIGHTON, R.B., SANDS, M.: The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, USA, 2005.
HALLIDAY, D., RESNICK, R., WALDER, J.: Fundamentals of Physics. Fifth Editon Extended, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997.
JONES, E.R., CHILDERS, R.L.: Contemporary College Physics. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, USA, 1990.
RESNICK, R., D. HALLIDAY, and J. WALKER. Fundamentals of physics. John Wiley, 1988.

Advised literature

REES, D.W.A.: Basic Solid Mechanics. MACMILLAN Press, Hampshire, 1997.
BEISER, A.: Perspectives of Modern Physics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969.

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