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- GLASGOW UNIVERSITY
- DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
- PHYSICS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
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- Glasgow University has the largest Physics Department in Scotland and
- one of the largest in UK. We offer a wide selection of courses and
- options in all branches of physics and astronomy, ranging from theories
- of the origin of the Universe to practical applications of electronics and
- lasers. Physics can be combined with many other subjects - not just
- Mathematics or Electronic Engineering but even Music or Philosophy.
-
- Computational techniques are an important part of modern physics and the
- department has course options in this area. The main language used is 'C'
- written on PC's and Acorn computers. Many students choose to do computing
- projects in their third year.
-
- These programs were originally written to demonstrate some of the
- concepts in the undergraduate lecture courses given in our department. They
- were coded in BASIC by Dr Sandy Watt as part of an ongoing computer
- assisted learning programme. They proved to be useful both as lecturing
- aids and also for students to experiment with themselves and have generally
- been well received.
-
- They are being distributed in the hope that they will be equally useful
- to other educational establishments. The applications are freeware. They
- may be spread freely with all files (including this plug for Glasgow
- University) intact. They may not be used or distributed for profit and no
- responsibility is taken for any damage to files (of course).
-
- If you would like more information about PHYSICS and ASTRONOMY courses,
- please write to
-
- Head of Department,
- Department of Physics and Astronomy,
- The University,
- GLASGOW, G12 8QQ.
-
- For more information on these and other programs, comments, suggestions,
- improvements etc., contact the author, Dr Watt, at the same address or
- e-mail me *Mr* Luke Taylor (2/3 * PhD - his long suffering student). I can
- be contacted at the following e-mail addresses (if in doubt try them both) :
-
- gapv76@uk.ac.gla.udcf
- ns07@uk.ac.ph.i1
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- Release 1.1
-
- Things have been tidied up a bit and one or two additions made:
-
- !PtCharges - Supersedes the electric fields programs.
-
- !Carnot - Doesn't do very much at present. Displays a Carnot Cycle in action.
-
- !Lattices - Displays unit cells for the different lattice structures of crystals.
-
- WaveSource - A nice basic program which shows point sources of waves (like
- in a ripple tank). They can be moved about with the mouse and the wavelength
- can be altered by clicking on the white bar above the display. You can
- change the number of sources by altering the variable "Sources%" at the
- start of the program.
-
- Note that some of the programs work best in mode 12 (some won't work at all
- otherwise) but we just haven't got round to sorting them. It's always more
- interesting to do something new. If you have any problems or queries or if
- you use the programs please get in touch 'cos we'd like to hear what you
- think.
-
- All the Best,
- L.T.
-