PHY-120: Big Bang to Black Holes
The great 20th-century revolutions in scientific thought: Einstein's Theory of Rel-ativity and Quantum Mechanics, at a level appropriate for non-science majors: Spacetime, length and time dilation, blackholes, big-bang cosmology; wave-particle duality, black hole evaporation. What constitutes a scientific theory.
Level:
Undergraduate
Credits:
4
Prerequisites:
Basic Math Skills (R1)
Corequisites:
none
Semester(s) offered:
Spring
GenEd: PS
Course Schedules
Semester | Sec | Instructor | Times / Rm |
---|---|---|---|
Spring 2023 | Lorenzo Sorbo |
MWF 10:10-11:15 HAS 134 |
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Spring 2021 | Rafael Coelho Lopes de Sa |
TuTh 10:00-11:15 remote |
|
Spring 2019 | Lorenzo Sorbo |
MWF 1:25-2:15pm HASA 124 |
|
Spring 2018 | Guy Blaylock |
MWF 1:25-2:15pm HASA 124 |
|
Spring 2017 |
1 |
Guy Blaylock |
MWF 1:25-2:15pm HASA 124 |
Spring 2016 |
1 |
Guy Blaylock |
MWF 1:25-2:15 HAS 134 |
Spring 2015 | Guy Blaylock |
MWF 1:25-2:15 HAS 134 |
|
Spring 2013 |
1 |
Carlo Dallapiccola |
MWF 1:25-2:15 HAS 134 |
Spring 2012 |
1 |
Carlo Dallapiccola |
MWF 1:25-2:15 HAS 134 |
Spring 2011 |
1 |
Lorenzo Sorbo |
MWF 1:25-2:15 HASA 126 |
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