Wed Feb 1 09:59:37 2017
Effective Term: |
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1183 - Spring 2018
Old: 1153 - Spring 2015 |
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Course Title Short: |
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Fr. Seminar: Conquest of Cold Old: Fresh Sem GP |
Course Title Long: |
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Freshman Seminar: Conquest of Cold Old: Freshman Seminar |
Max-Min Credits for Course: |
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2.0 to 2.0 credit(s) Old: 3.0 to 1.0 credit(s) |
Catalog Description: |
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The mastery of cold has yielded innumerable advances, from the development of refrigeration and air-conditioning to phenomenal leaps in examine methods of scientific thought and experimentation that led us to understand thermodynamics, the subject that developed hand-in-hand with the major technologies that involve cold. The latter include refrigeration, frozen food preparation, air conditioning, and the handling of liquefied gases (currently more than a $10 billion industry). Modern scientific developments that will be discussed include superconductors and new states of matter, such as the Quantum Hall liquids and Bose-Einstein condensates, all of which have resulted in Nobel Prizes in physics for their discoverers. Upon completion of this seminar you will have some understanding of the laws of thermodynamics, you will know what entropy is, and you will appreciate the reality that Minnesota winters are not all that cold on an absolute scale. prereq: Freshman Old: Topics vary. See Class Schedule. prereq: Freshman |
Grading Basis: |
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A-F only
Old: Stdnt Opt |
Topics Course: |
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No Old: Yes |
Instructor Contact Hours: |
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2.0 hours per week Old: 3.0 hours per week |
Course typically offered: |
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Periodic Spring Old: Periodic Fall & Spring |
Academic Progress Units: |
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Not allowed to bypass limits.
2.0 credit(s) Old: Not allowed to bypass limits. 1.0 credit(s) |
Financial Aid Progress Units: |
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Not allowed to bypass limits.
2.0 credit(s) Old: Not allowed to bypass limits. 1.0 credit(s) |
Repetition of Course: |
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Repetition not allowed.
Old: Allow up to 2 repetition(s) totalling up to 6.0 credit(s). |
Editor Comments: |
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Prerequisite changed to Freshman to allow new freshmen to register for freshman seminar regardless of number of transfer credits - lc Professor Allen Goldman School of Physics and Astronomy Days Offered: TBD Times Offered: TBD East Bank Allen Goldman served as the Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy from 1996-2009. His research is in the area of experimental condensed matter physics. The specific work on superconductivity involves the application of quantum mechanics to macroscopic systems. Old: Prerequisite changed to Freshman to allow new freshmen to register for freshman seminar regardless of number of transfer credits - lc |
Faculty Sponsor Name: |
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Old: Marvin Marshak |
Faculty Sponsor E-mail Address: |
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Old: marshak@umn.edu |
Student Learning Outcomes: |
* Student in the course:
- Can communicate effectively
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Please explain briefly how this outcome will be addressed in the course. Give brief examples of class work related to the outcome. This class is largely based on group discussion and developing presentations to be given in class. The instructor guides and adds to the course discussion and assists students on the development of two 20 minute presentations. How will you assess the students' learning related to this outcome? Give brief examples of how class work related to the outcome will be evaluated. Active participation in class discussions and the quality of the delivery of two required oral presentations are the basis of the final course grade. Old: unselected |
Requirement this course fulfills: |
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Old: GP Global Perspectives |
Provisional Syllabus: |
For new courses and courses in which changes in content and/or description and/or credits are proposed, please provide a syllabus that includes the following information: course goals and description; format; structure of the course (proposed number of instructor contact hours per week, student workload effort per week, etc.); topics to be covered; scope and nature of assigned readings (text, authors, frequency, amount per week); required course assignments; nature of any student projects; and how students will be evaluated. Please limit text to about 12 pages. Text copied and pasted from other sources will not retain formatting and special characters might not copy properly. The University "Syllabi Policy" can be found here Any syllabus older than two years should be replaced with a current version when making ECAS updates. New: Physics 1905.001 Spring 2016Title: Conquest of Cold 2 hours lecture per week, 2cr. Time: 3: 35 PM, Thursdays (TWO CLASS PERIODS) Instructor: Professor Allen Goldman Phone: (612) 624-6062 Email: goldman@physics.umn.edu Office Hours: Generally available. Send an email to set an appointment. I will set aside Wednesdays except for 9:30 ? 11: 00 AM and after 3:30 PM. My office will be moved to the new physics building sometime in February. The new location will be specified at that time. Approach: The mastery of cold has yielded innumerable advances, from the development of refrigeration and air-conditioning to phenomenal leaps in examine methods of scientific thought and experimentation that led us to understand thermodynamics, the subject that developed hand-in-hand with the major technologies that involve cold. The latter include refrigeration, frozen food preparation, air conditioning, and the handling of liquefied gases (currently more than a $10 billion industry). Modern scientific developments that will be discussed include superconductors and new states of matter, such as the Quantum Hall liquids and Bose-Einstein condensates, all of which have resulted in Nobel Prizes in physics for their discoverers. Upon completion of this seminar you will have some understanding of the laws of thermodynamics, you will know what entropy is, and you will appreciate the reality that Minnesota winters are not all that cold on an absolute scale. Work Required: There will be no examinations. There will be assigned readings, discussions, demonstrations, and presentations. The readings will be from the text, reserved books, duplicated materials, and from web sites. Two presentations of approximately twenty minutes each will be required of all students. Grades will be based on class participation and the quality of the presentations. Bibliography- Texts: ?Absolute Zero and The Conquest of Cold,? by Tom Shachtman (required) ?The Second Law (Scientific American Library Paperback),? by P. W. Atkins (not required) Other Books (additional books will be added) ?Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: A History of Heat,? by Hans Christian Von Baeyer. ?Understanding Thermodynamics,? by H. C. Van Ness ?A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Species, Planet, and Universe, by Gino Segre. ?Near Zero New Frontiers of Physics,? edited by J. D. Fairbank, B. S. Deaver, Jr., C. W. F. Everett, and . F. Michelson. ?Selling the Nation?s Helium Reserve,? National Academy of Sciences Report, 2010 Some Possible Talk Topics: 1. Endothermic and Exothermic Chemical Reactions 2. The scientist as a magician 3. evaporative cooling 4. How does science actually work? How did it work in the past? 5. Demonstration of phenomena before an academy vs. peer review. 6. Individual contributors to science and technology, e.g., Robert Boyle, Clausius, Clapeyron, Kamerlingh Onnes, etc. 7. The ideal gas equation and its extensions, van der Waals equation 8. Thermometry and Temperature Scales, Absolute Temperature and Absolute Zero 9. Thermal insulation 10. dry ice 11. liquefied gases 12. uses of liquid helium 13. The laws of thermodynamics 14. The second law of thermodynamics 15. Perpetual motion machines 16. Modern refrigeration 17. Cryogenics in Astrophysics and Astronomy 18. Entropy 19. The discovery of superconductivity 20. The liquefaction of helium 21. Modern Particle Accelerators 22. The third law of thermodynamics and the quest for absolute zero 23. Superfluidity and Superconductivity 24. Superfluidity in 3He 25. The Josephson Effect 26. Cryogenics in Semiconductor Manufacturing 27. Cooled computers (Not cool computers although they may be) 28. Sources of helium gas 29. The National Helium Reserve, History and Politics 30. Heat Engines 31. Adiabatic Demagnetization 32. Thermoelectric Effects 33. The Bose Einstein Condensation 34. The lambda transition as a Bose Einstein Condensation 35. Applications of superconductivity 36. High temperature superconductivity 37. The theory of superconductivity 38. Critical Phenomena and Phase Transitions 39. Paradigms in Physics originating in cryogenic science 40. The Joule Thompson Effect and Joule-?Thompson inversion 41. Scientific Fraud and Scientific Ethics Web Site: There will be a page for this course that can be found on the Physics Web Site, www.physics.umn.edu. It can be found under ?courses,? Physics 1905.001. University Policies ? Student conduct code http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/Student_Conduct_Code.html ? Scholastic Dishonesty See student conduct code ? Disability Accommodations http://ds.umn.edu/student-?services.html ? Use of Personal Electronic Devices in the Classroom http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/CLASSROOMPED.html ? Appropriate Student Use of Class Notes and Course Materials http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/CLASSNOTESSTUDENTS.html ? Grading and Transcripts http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/GRADINGTRANSCRIPTS.html ? Sexual Harassment http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/SexHarassment.html ? Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/administrative/Equity_Diversity_EO_AA.html ? Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/MAKEUPWORK.html ? Mental Health and Stress Management http://www.mentalhealth.umn.edu Departmental Policies ATHLETES must provide their official University of Minnesota athletic letter containing the approved competition schedule to their instructor and the staff in office 148. Away exams will be arranged with the athletic adviser traveling with the team. Accommodations will be made for official university sports only (i.e. no accommodations will be made for intramurals, club sports, etc.) DISABILITY SERVICES: If you have accommodations for this course, please provide the staff in office 148 with a copy of your accommodation letter for the current semester. Exams will be arranged according to accommodations and sent to the testing center for administration. Old: Freshman seminar. Topics vary by semester. |