- Docente: Alessandra Merlotti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biotechnology (cod. 5976)
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from Mar 18, 2024 to May 28, 2024
Learning outcomes
The student will acquire fundamental knowledge of classical Physics, specifically about mechanics, electromagnetism, fluids and optics.
Course contents
- Phenomena, measurements and physical laws
- Kinematics
- Dynamics
- Work and energy
- Statics and dynamics of fluids
- Thermondynamics
- Waves
- Electromagnetism
- Optics
- Ionizing radiations
Readings/Bibliography
Slides shown during lectures, available on Virtuale.
Books:
- Douglas C. Giancoli, Fisica. Con fisica moderna - Terza Edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
- D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
In-depth books:
- Gilberto Bernardini, Fisica generale, parte I, Veschi
- Edoardo Amaldi, Fisica generale, parte II, Veschi
- Feynman Lectures, freely available at https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures with exercises.
Assessment methods
Final written exam divided in two parts:
- the first one consists of exercises, aimed at verifying that the student knows how to apply the principles and laws of Physics to solve concrete problems;
- the second one consists of questions, aimed at verifying that the student has fully understood the principles of Physics and its applications.
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths.
Teaching tools
Slides shown during lectures, available on Virtuale.
Office hours
See the website of Alessandra Merlotti