Physics 120 - Big Bang To Black Hole

Spring
2021
01
4.00
Rafael Coelho Lopes de Sa
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
80559
Fully Remote Class
rclsa@physics.umass.edu
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)
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