{"id":913,"date":"2021-09-29T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fc.up.pt\/pessoas\/jlsantos\/?page_id=913"},"modified":"2026-01-26T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:37:08","slug":"topicos-de-fisica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fc.up.pt\/pessoas\/jlsantos\/topicos-de-fisica\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00f3picos de F\u00edsica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The course T\u00f3picos de F\u00edsica (Physics Topics) was a first semester course for physics undergraduates,  developed between 1994 -2000, based on the premise that high school students already have enough of a  knowledge basis  to address interesting problems. A  set of lecture notes and an extensive problem set (in Portuguese) was produced. The help of Dr F\u00e1tima Mota in producing the lecture notes is gratefully acknowledged, as well that of several colleagues, Jos\u0013\u00e9 Fernando Mendes, Jorge Reis Lima, Maria Augusta Santos e Maria do C\u0013\u00e9u Marques who collaborated in the course and contributed to the problem set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D<strong>escription<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Last update<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fc.up.pt\/pessoas\/jlsantos\/wp-content\/myuploads\/top-fis-teor-v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">T\u00f3picos de F\u00edsica: aulas te\u00f3ricas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>The set of lecture notes dealing with dimensional arguments, deterministic and probabilistic models<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p>1999<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fc.up.pt\/pessoas\/jlsantos\/wp-content\/myuploads\/top-fis-prob-v1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">T\u00f3picos de F\u00edsica: problemas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>The problem set includes so called open problems, unconnected with specific topics of the lectures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p>1999<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The course T\u00f3picos de F\u00edsica (Physics Topics) was a first semester course for physics undergraduates, developed between 1994 -2000, based on the premise that high school students already have enough of a knowledge basis to address interesting problems. 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