PHY 101 CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS
This course provides an introduction to the major ideas in both classical and modern physics. Students will be introduced to experiments of the ancient Greeks, Renaissance scholars and classical natural philosophers. The formulation of gravitational and mechanical theories, thermodynamics, the particle nature of matter and aspects of elementary electromagnetism will be included. Twentieth-century perspectives including the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics and chaos will be studied.
Notes
Laboratory included.