The course provides an introduction to electricity, magnetism, optics and modern physics: Electric charge and electric fields, current and resistance, magnetic fields, electromagnetic waves, the properties of light, optical instruments, atoms, the atomic nucleus, and radioactivity. Examples on the use of the principles of physics in other fields of science will be given.
The course is tailored to the needs of students in other fields of science than physics, mathematics or geophysics. The course gives an overview of the concepts of the topics, with moderate use of mathematical formalism.
After completing this course the students should be able to