Physics 215 - LIGHT, RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM
Spring
2017
01
4.00
Travis Norsen
MWF 02:40-04:00
Smith College
38969-S17
MCCONN 403
tnorsen@smith.edu
The special theory of relativity; the wave equation and mathematics of waves; optical phenomena of interference and diffraction; particle and wave models of matter and radiation, Bohr model of atomic structure; introduction to fundamental principles and problems in quantum mechanics; introduction to nuclear physics. Prerequisite: PHY 118 and prior or concurrent enrollment in PHY 210.