PHY114 General Physics II

General Physics II covers Electricity and Magnetism and Modern Physics. A complete description is available in the syllabus.

Syllabus

Neat Stuff

Archimedes sets fire to the Roman fleet with mirrors, or... not? Crazy engineers at MIT try it to find out.

Applets

My thanks to Steve Manly and Truth & Beauty software for these Applets (copyright UR and Truth & Beauty software). They are nice for fiddling around to try and get a feel for the concepts they illustrate.
Coulomb
Electric field
Electric flux
Magnetic field and charged particle
Magnetostatics about current-carrying wire
Induction
Electromagnetic waves
Polarization of electromagnetic waves

The MIT TEAL applets are also nice. They are a little more sophisticated, but in many ways I think they give a better picture of fields and if nothing else there is a greater variety.

The applets at PSU are a mixed bag. The electrostatics examples leave something to be desired, but some of the magnetism examples are great. If you are having trouble picturing magnetic field stuff, e.g. helical motion of a point charge in a uniform field, this is a good place to look.

Finally, the University of Oregon has their own online Applets, but few of them are relevant for this course.