Physics 120 - Big Bang To Black Hole
Spring
2017
01
4.00
Guy Blaylock
M W F 1:25PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
11375
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. Prerequisite: Basic Math Skills (R1). (Gen.Ed. PS)