Physics 120 - Big Bang To Black Hole

Spring
2026
01
4.00
Lorenzo Sorbo

M W F 1:25PM 2:15PM

UMass Amherst
81814
Hasbrouck Laboratory room 134
sorbo@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)
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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