77412 - Order of Magnitude Physics

77412 Order of Magnitude Physics / שיטות שיערוך בפיסיקה
General Info	Lecturer: Prof. Nir Shaviv e-mail: Reception hours: set by e-mail (or, see schedule here) Office: Kaplun 102. Phone: (65)85807 Grade Structure / Requirements: 0% Homework: Due to the large number of students and lack of TA/grader, it is impossible to give the HW credit. You don't have to submit them. 100% Final Exam: Doing the homework (in the exercise file below) will prove VERY useful for the exam. (hint hint). Its main goal is to verify that you really did the homework.
Lectures	Estimates Scaling Dimensional Analysis Diffusion Modeling (Boats, Convection) Equipartition Application to Condensed Matter Application to Biological Systems
Additional Material	Exercises Sample Exam Sample Exam's Solution. (Small typo in sol.: Eq. 6 should read [sigma]=erg/cm^2. The rest is fine.) Moed A 2007 Moed A 2007 with solution Moed B 2007 Moed B 2007 with solution Moed Talpiot 2007 Exam Moed Talpiot 2007 Solution Moed A 2009 Exam Moed A 2009 Solution and Comments. Bubble burst movie. It takes of order 10 ms... Moed A 2010 Exam and Solution Moed B 2010 Exam and Solution Moed A 2013 Exam and Solution Moed B 2013 Exam and Solution Moed A 2014 Exam and Solution
Other Serious Links	Taylor's paper estimating the Trinity test energy yield. Need a HU IP. On the maximum speed of rowing boats. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in clouds (due to very large shears = low Richardson number). More Order of Magnitude problems on my personal website.
Other Fun Links	Measurements, medieval styl e (Monty Python's Holy Grail) More on estimates.

Last updated: June 6, 2009

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