| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10:00am-11:15am | TuTh | Math & Science Center - E208 | Bing, Thomas Joseph. | SNT. | 4 | 1921 | TBA. |
This course explores the connection between science and the world in which we live. It conveys an understanding and appreciation for science by finding physics concepts and principles within the familiar objects of everyday experience such as baseball bats, automobiles, copying machines, audio players, lasers and many more. We will see that most of our world is predictable rather than magical. We will find that a few simple laws allow us to understand some quite complicated things, and that technical complexity need not be intimidating.
Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources
- How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life. ISBN: 978-0-470-22399-4.
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