Albert Einstein (1879-1955).
German-born scientist and Nobel prize winner (1921).

General revision notes:

• Introduction and definitions
• Short biographies of scientists
• Dimensional analysis
• Conversion of units
• Scientific notation
• Significant figures
• Errors and uncertainties
• Trignometric functions
• Radians
• Differentiation
• Integration
• Equations of motion in 2- and 3-dimensions
• Resolution of Forces
• Dot (or scalar) product
• Cross (or vector) product

• Charging by friction - attraction and repulsion - animation
• Polarization of a neutral object - animation
• Strength of the Electric Force - animation
• Definition of the Electric Field - animation

• Definition of Electric Flux - animation
• Electric field due to an infinite wire using Gauss' Law - animation
• Proof of Gauss's Law for an isolated point charge

• Definition of Electric Potential Difference - animation
• Potential inside and outside a uniformly charged sphere

• Energy density of an electric field of a charged spherical conductor
• Why charges occur on the surface of a charged spherical conductor
• Hints on solving problems with capacitors
• Capacitor with a dielectric and a gap

• Electric current - the movement of charge - animation
• Ohm's Law in a simple circuit - animation
• Charging a capacitor in a R-C circuit - animation
• Variation of potential around a simple circuit
• Internal resistance of a battery
• Combinations of resistances
• Color coding of resistors

• Bowing of a current carrying wire in a magnetic field - animation
• Helical path of a charge moving in a magnetic field - animation
• Velocity selector - animation
• Concept map of electric and magnetic fields

• Field due to a straight current carrying wire using Ampere's Law - animation

• Definition of magnetic flux - animation
• Emf induced by inserting a permanent magnet into a coil - movie clip
• Emf induced in a coil by changing the current in a nearby coil - movie clip
• Emf induced in a coil in a magnetic field when its area is changed - Faraday's Law - animation
• Emf induced in a coil by changing the magnetic field passing through it - Faraday's Law - animation
• Emf induced in a coil by changing both the magnetic field passing through it and its area - Faraday's Law - animation
• Lenz's Law - animation
• Motional emf - animation
• The current variation in a R-L circuit - animation
• Analogy between an inductor and the motion of a mass according to Newton's 2nd Law - animation
• Combinations of inductors
• How vending machines check for genuine coins
• Magnetic braking

• Principle underlying an a.c. generator - animation
• Operation of a R-C-L series circuit - animation
• Determination of rms values
• L-C-R circuits as simple low-pass and high-pass filters

• Levitation using light and laser tweezers
• Liquid crystal displays (LCD's)

• Focal points of concave and convex mirrors - animation
• Magnification of a concave mirror - animation
• Focal points of concave and convex lenses - animation
• Artistic license and the Laws of Reflection
• Retroreflection
• Lens-maker's formula and the sign convention
• Derivation of the thin-lens formula
• Solving a mirror problem by construction, i.e., graphically
• Solving a lens problem by construction, i.e., graphically
• Spherical and chromatic aberrations in mirrors and lenses
• Achromatic pairs of lenses (compound lenses)
• A short history of spectacles