Course code

MLR6001

old course code

MLR6001

Course title in Estonian

Füüsikaline maailmapilt

Course title in English

Physical Picture of the World

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To provide a systematic overview of the principles of physics and role of physics in the picture of the world.

Brief description of the course

Subject and methods of physics: models, language, causality. Motion and causes of motion of macroscopic bodies; Newtons laws. Motion of the systems of the bodies – the kinetic theory of gases, characteristics of state of matter. Condensed molecular systems. Heat – kinetic energy of the chaotic movement of particles. Electromagnetism: electrically charged particles and their motion in magnetic and electrical fields. Duality of light – flux of the particles versus electromagnetic wave. “Stones” of the microscopic world – fundamental particles. Principles of the quantum mechanics. Relativity in the world: postulates of relativity, equivalence of energy and mass and curved space-time. Big Bang, structure and evolution of Universe. Applications of principles of physics in other fields.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Loengud, seminarid ja iseseisev töö: kirjandusega ja harjutusülesannete lahendamine.

Teacher

teadur Ako Sauga, assistent Erkki Soika

The course is a prerequisite