{"id":33,"date":"2020-05-15T12:33:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2020-12-12T21:49:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T02:49:19","slug":"ns-542","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/improving-teaching-of-physics-itop\/courseinfo\/ns-542\/","title":{"rendered":"NS542: Fluids and Thermodynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\np{font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-left; display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px;}<br \/>h3{font-weight: strong; font-size: 1.17em; font-family: sans-serif}<br \/><\/style>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2-636x116.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"116\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2-636x116.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/itop\/files\/2020\/05\/newlogo2.png 829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #990000; display: block; margin-block-start: 0.67em; margin-block-end: 0.67em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">NS 542\/SC 542 Concepts in Physics III:<br \/>\nFluids and Thermodynamics<\/h1>\n<blockquote><p><b>Physics content:<\/b> Fluids and buoyancy, Heat and Specific Heat, and the Laws of Thermodynamics<\/p>\n<p><b>Philosophy and History of Physics:<\/b>\u00a0Development of the concept of Buoyancy, Comparison of historical models of heat.<\/p>\n<p><b>Physics Education Research:<\/b> Misconceptions about heat, temperature and kinetic energy.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NS 542 Concepts in Physics III: Fluids and Thermodynamics<\/h3>\n<p><b>Physics Content: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This course will explore buoyancy, pressure and fluid flow in the context of Newtonian Mechanics and Conservation of Energy.\u00a0 The concepts of heat and specific heat will be explored. This will lead to the ideal gas law and thermodynamic processes and cycles as applied to refrigerators and heat pumps. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Philosophy and History of Physics: <\/b><span>Readings from Archimedes and Galileo on Buoyancy; Readings on the development of a\u00a0distinction between temperature and heat; Readings from Maxwell on the development of atomic theory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Physics Education Research: <\/b> Readings on the students understanding and misconceptions about buoyancy, heat and temperature, and the ideal gas law.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"font-size: 1.17em; text-align: center; display: block; margin-block-start: 1.67em; margin-block-end: 1.67em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; font-family: sans-serif;\">Bibliography<\/h5>\n<p><b>Selections from primary sources<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Drake, Stillman (1981). <i>Cause, Experiment and Science<\/i>. (Chicago). University of Chicago Press.<br \/>\nThis is a recommended book. This book is available Online for less than $1. Principal cost is shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Einstein, A. (1915). Theoretical Atomism. In <i>The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein<\/i>, Volume 4. Princeton University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Heath, T.L. (1953). <i>Works of Archimedes<\/i>. (New York). Dover.<br \/>\nThis is a recommended book. Available Online for about $17 plus shipping.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell, J.C. (1996) Document 16: Molecules. In Garber, E., Brush, S.G. and Everitt, C.W.F. (Eds.) <i>Maxwell on Molecules<\/i>. Cambridge: MIT Press.<\/p>\n<p><b>Selections from secondary sources<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Wiser, M. and Carey, S. (1983). When Heat and Temperature Were One. In Gentner, D. and Stevens, A.L. (Eds.) <i>Mental Models<\/i>. New York:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.<\/p>\n<p>Toulmin, S. and Goodfield, J. (1962). Lavoisier\u2019s New System. In <i>The Architecture of Matter<\/i> (pp. 216-222). Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press.<br \/>\nThis is a required book for the course.<\/p>\n<p>Brush, S. (1983). VII. Statistical mechanics and the philosophy of science. In <i>Statistical physics and the atomic theory of matter<\/i>. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press.<\/p>\n<p><b>Selections from Physics Education Research Literature<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Loverude, M.E., Kautz, C.H., and Heron, P.R.L. (2003). Helping students develop an understanding of Archimedes\u2019 principle. I. Research on student understanding. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 71 (11), 1178 \u2013 1187.<\/p>\n<p>Heron, P.R.L., Loverude, M.E., Shaffer, P.S., and McDermott, L.C. (2003). Helping students develop an understanding of Archimedes\u2019 principle. II. Development of research-based instructional materials. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 71, 1188 \u2013 1195.<\/p>\n<p>Kautz, C.H., Heron, P.R.L., Loverude, M.E., and McDermott, L.C. (2005). Student understanding of the ideal gas law, Part I: A macroscopic perspective. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 73 (11), 1055 \u2013 1063.<\/p>\n<p>Kautz, C.H., Heron, P.R.L., Shaffer, P.S., and McDermott, L.C. (2005). Student understanding of the ideal gas law, Part II: A microscopic perspective. <i>American Journal of Physics<\/i>, 73 (11), 1064 \u2013 1071.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NS 542\/SC 542 Concepts in Physics III: Fluids and Thermodynamics Physics content: Fluids and buoyancy, Heat and Specific Heat, and the Laws of Thermodynamics Philosophy and History of Physics:\u00a0Development of the concept of Buoyancy, Comparison of historical models of heat. Physics Education Research: Misconceptions about heat, temperature and kinetic energy. 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