Workshop 1A

• Introduction to the course

• Hints for success

• Units and conversions
  • The SI units: kg, m, s
  • SI prefixes: you'll come across these often
    • G = giga = 10⁹
    • M = mega = 10⁶
    • k = kilo = 10³
    • m = milli = 10^-3
    • μ = micro = 10^-6
    • n = nano = 10^-9
  • Converting quantities from one set of units to another
• Scaling laws -- one way physicists look at the world
• The swinging ring experiment
  • some results ...
• A very simple graph. Can you figure out how to compute the slope of a straight line fitted to the data?

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