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Physics of Life 4. Wave phenomena

Light, electromagnetism and sound
Rating: 4.9 out of 54.9 (10 ratings)
99 students
Created by Scott Turner
Last updated 3/2019
English
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What you'll learn

  • Basics of electromagnetism and sound as it applies to living things
  • Elements of light and electromagnetism as they apply to living things
  • About the Earth's magnetic field, how it is generated and how it interacts with the solar wind
  • How variation in the Earth's magnetic field affects life on Earth and its relationship to major extinction events
  • How organisms use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation
  • What constitutes visible light, how it is sensed, and how information is encoded and transmitted in light
  • Elements of sound, its production, energetics and efficiency
  • How sound is used as a navigational tool, and how animals invented sonar
  • How animals have weaponized sound to kill and stun prey
  • How sound is sensed, and how information is encoded and transmitting in sound

Requirements

  • You should have completed high school physics and biology. Otherwise, there are no prerequisites.

Description

Wave phenomena include any propagation of energy through waves. This includes electromagnetic radiation (which includes light and a range of other phenomena) and sound (which is energy propagated through pressure waves). Both are imporatnt to life because both are rich media for transmission of information, through vision or hearing. Wave phenomena also have implications for the Earth's global energy balance, with effects on Earth climate. They also play a role in the interaction of the Earth with the solar wind, with implications for the evolution and patterns of extinction of life on Earth.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginning college-level students in biology and physics
  • Students looking for a refresher course in the interface between biology and physics
  • Students interested in evolution, biodiversity and the mechanics of adaptation
  • Anyone looking for a novel perspective on how life lives in the physical world

Course content

11 sections • 54 lectures • 9h 8m total length

  • Preview02:01

  • Preview02:31
  • Preview15:15
  • 19.2 Electromagnetic radiation
    12:50
  • Preview12:42
  • Preview13:52

  • Preview02:28
  • 20.1 Earth's magnetic field and electromagnetic orientation
    14:49
  • 20.2 Electromagnetic navigation
    10:05
  • 20.3 Weakly electric fish 1
    11:13
  • 20.4 Weakly electric fish 2
    08:25

  • Preview02:21
  • 21.1 The solar wind and Earth's atmosphere
    12:00
  • 21.2 The geomagnetic dynamo
    09:48
  • 21.3 Magnetic field reversals
    11:18
  • 21.4 Extinction and magnetic field reversals
    13:07

  • Preview02:12
  • 22.1 Visible light
    11:50
  • 22.2 Light antennas
    11:42
  • 22.3 Color sensitivity
    13:28
  • 22.4 Polarized light sensitivity
    11:43
  • 22.5 Limits to the visible spectrum
    08:16

  • Preview02:12
  • 23.1 Light and communication
    06:08
  • 23.2 Biological pigments
    12:07
  • 23.3 Structural color
    13:54
  • 23.4 Bioluminescence
    14:09

  • Preview02:02
  • 24.1 Skin color
    08:52
  • 24.2 Structural color in birds' feathers
    07:48
  • 24.3 Bioluminescent symbiosis
    09:25
  • 24.4 Bioluminescent semaphore signaling
    12:56

  • Preview02:25
  • 25.1 Sound
    15:14
  • 25.2 Baffles
    12:09
  • 25.3 Resonance
    16:03
  • 25.4 Horns
    13:39

  • Preview02:24
  • 26.1 Sound production
    16:24
  • 26.2 Timbre and formants
    14:34
  • 26.3 Sound projection
    15:46
  • 26.4 Bat echolocation 2
    10:34
  • 26.5 Bat echolocation 2
    12:37

  • Preview02:15
  • 27.1 Weaponizing sound: dolphins
    10:15
  • 27.2 Weaponizing sound: sperm whales
    12:08
  • 27.3 Weaponizing sound: killer whales
    08:25
  • 27.4 Pistol shrimp
    09:15

Instructor

Scott Turner
Physiologist, Scientist, Writer, Media Maker
Scott Turner
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 206 Reviews
  • 734 Students
  • 11 Courses

I am a Professor of Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York.

I am a physiologist by training but with a deep interest in the interface of physiology, ecology, adaptation and evolution. You can read some of my thoughts in two books I have published: The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures (2000) and The Tinkerer's Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself (2007), both published by Harvard University Press. I have completed a third book, Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something Alive and Why Modern Darwinisms Fails to Explain It, which was published in September 2017 by HarperOne. You can find out more about me at my web site (link above).

My current research focuses on the problem of emergent physiology in social insect colonies. specifically the mound building termites of southern Africa.

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