The readings for each session are designed to be read after attending that session. For a listing of the topics discussed in each session, see here: (PDF)
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Title page and table of contents (PDF)
References (PDF)
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Dimensions |
Chap. 1 - Dimensions, pp. 3-12 (PDF)
Questions from lecture 1 (PDF)
|
| 2 |
Extreme cases |
Chap. 2 - Extreme cases, pp. 13-26 (PDF)
Questions and answers from lecture 2 (PDF)
|
| 3 |
Application: drag |
Chap. 2 - Extreme cases, pp. 26-30 (PDF)
Questions from lecture 3 (PDF)
|
| 4 |
More on drag |
|
| 5 |
Discretization |
Chap. 3 - Discretization, pp. 31-40 (PDF) |
| 6 |
Application: pendulum period |
Chap. 3 - Discretization, pp. 41-44 (PDF) |
| 7 |
Picture proofs |
Chap. 4 - Picture proofs, pp. 45-56 (PDF) |
| 8 |
Taking out the big part |
Chap. 5 - Taking out the big part, pp. 57-79 (PDF) |
| 9 |
Analogy |
Chap. 6 - Analogy, pp. 80-85 (PDF) |
| 10 |
Application: operators |
Chap. 7 - Operators, pp. 86-90 (PDF) |
| 11 |
Application: singing logarithms |
Handout - approximating logarithms using musical intervals (PDF) |