We will discuss the concepts as a group and attack the problems as a group. I intend to lecture as little as possible. It will try to help students apply physics to real-life questions and understand which physical effects are appropriate on which scales. It will be a seminar course with a maximum enrolment of 15. The corequisite is Physics 232.
Cannibalism is frowned on in most human societies.
Astrology claims that the position of the planets at the time of our birth influences our lives. You walk off of a cliff. If the Sun were made out of Gerbils, the Earth would be incinerated. A biologist recently claimed to have revived a 30 million year old bacteria. Someone places 1 Curie of uranium on your chest.