Summary

Students acquire the abilities to analyze physical systems through the lens of thermodynamics, statistical physics, and special relativity.

Content

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

General Physics I

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Formulate physical models
• Develop a know-how to solve a problem
• Structure models in terms of differentials equations
• Apply simpliflying assumptions to describe an experience
• Estimate orders of magnitude
• Distinguish the theoretical models describing Natural phenomena
• Contextualise theoretical models in every day life

Transversal skills

• Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.

Teaching methods

Flipped classroom, in-person and online lectures, in-person discussions, exercises

Assessment methods

written exam

Resources

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/PHYS-106_en

Prerequisite for

General physics III