Physics 284 - Modern Physics I
Spring
2024
01
3.00
Scott Hertel
M W F 11:15AM 12:05PM
UMass Amherst
16545
Hasbrouck Laboratory room 134
shertel@umass.edu
Fourth term of introductory Physics sequence. Survey of discoveries in physics in the 20th century; special relativity, prelude to quantum theory, principles of quantum mechanics with application to problems in one dimension. PHYSICS 284 and 424 constitute a full-year course in modern physics. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 181, 182, , or consent of instructor, MATH 233.