Physics 100 - Conceptual Physics
Fall
2021
01
4.00
Shubha Tewari
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
19191
Hasbrouck Laboratory room 134
tewari@physics.umass.edu
The fundamental ideas of physics, a minimum of mathematics. Selected phenomena of everyday existence (motion, sound, electricity). Physics beyond the range of our senses: the realm of atoms and nuclei (quantum physics), the universe (cosmology), high speed phenomena (relativity). For nonscience majors. No laboratory. Prerequisite: Basic Math Skills (R1) proficiency, or equivalent. (Gen.Ed. PS)
Cannot be taken for credit if already passed Physics 139.