| A typical example of four-year physics curriculum for gymnazium 1st
year
Mechanics: kinematics (linear motion with constant acceleration, circular motion),
Newton's laws of motion, momentum, energy, power, gravitation (Newton's law, Kepler's
laws, projectile motion), rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis, fluids
2nd year
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: thermal expansion, specific heat
capacity, specific latent heat, properties of gases, liquids and solids
Simple harmonic motion, waves, sound
3rd year
Electricity and magnetism: Electrostatics, current in conductors (Ohm's law,
Kirchhoff's laws), semiconductors, electrolytes and gases, magnetic field, electromagnetic
induction, electromagnetic waves
4th year
Optics: geometrical optics, wave optics
Special theory of relativity
Atomic and nuclear physics: the quantum concept, photoelectric effect, Compton
effect, corpuscular and wave theory, atoms and their constituents, Franck-Hertz
experiment, detection of particles, nuclei and their constituents, radioactive decay,
accelerators and elementary particles
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