• Best Classes
  • Layups
  • Recommendations
  • Browse
    • Login
    • Signup

PHYS001: Understanding the Universe: From Atoms to the Big Bang, with Laboratory

Offered 26S (12)

An introduction to the evolution of physical theories and models of natural phenomena from ancient Greece to modern times. Topics include Pre-Socratic and Aristotelian natural philosophy; the scientific revolutions of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton, and the birth of mechanics; electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and the physics of light in the nineteenth century; the emergence of quantum mechanics and relativity theory; modern particle physics and the search for unification; the interface of particle physics and cosmology; and physics and its contexts (other sciences, worldviews, technologies, the Cold War). Students will carry out five biweekly laboratory experiments illustrating major discoveries. No student may receive credit for both Physics 1 and Physics 2. Identical to Physics 2, but with the laboratory.

View on ORC.

8

said it was good

Signup to reveal

called it a layup

Medians

Professors

Name Reviews
Robert Fesen 56
Richard Kremer 16
Eliot F. 9
Marcelo Gleiser 9
Stephanie Podjed 0
Timothy Smith 0

Reviews (90)

Signup or Login to view all of the 90 reviews for this class.

Similar Classes

PHYS002: Understanding the Universe: From Atoms to the Big Bang
MATH066: Mathematical Topics in Modern Physics
PHYS004: General Physics II
PHYS076: Methods of Experimental Physics
PHYS005: Physics for Future Leaders
PHYS003: General Physics I
PHYS092: Physics of the Early Universe
PHYS040: Quantum Physics of Matter

Write a Review for PHYS001

Login to write a review.

support@layuplist.org

Star