2009 Course Catalog

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Basic Physics (3) (PHYS 0030)

Program: Summer Session Credit

This two course sequence, PHYS 0030 and 0040, is a survey of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics for concentrators in sciences other than physics-including... (more »)

7 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Basic Physics (4) (PHYS 0040)

Program: Summer Session Credit

This two course sequence, PHYS 0030 and 0040, is a survey of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics for concentrators in sciences other than physics-including... (more »)

7 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Science, Perception and Reality (PL902-3B)

Program: Pre-College

Modern science throws light on many of the perennial questions of philosophy, sometimes seeming to confirm or refute old answers and sometimes suggesting new ones. Are sensory... (more »)

3 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

Theory of Relativity (PH902-1D)

Program: Pre-College

Einstein's theory of relativity is one of the pillars of modern physics.

It is deeply counterintuitive, yet beautiful and ingenious. Special relativity reformulates how... (more »)

1 Week
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

The Elegant Universe (PH906-1A)

Program: Pre-College

What is the origin of the Universe? Was there a beginning? What are we made of? For a long time, questions like these were only addressed within the realm of philosophy and religion.... (more »)

1 Week
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

The Quantized World: An Introduction to the Amazing and yet Bizarre Theory of Quantum Mechanics (PH900-3B)

Program: Pre-College

Classical Newtonian Mechanics succeeds in describing the macroscopic world around us. Yet, it terribly fails when it comes to describing the world at the atomic and subatomic scales.... (more »)

3 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31

The Tiniest Bits of Reality (PH903-2B)

Program: Pre-College

This course will take you on a journey back in time, to the universe as it was when it was forming. Along the way we will make several stops in order to meet physicists and philosophers... (more »)

2 Weeks
June 1
July 1
Aug. 1
Aug. 31