Laboratory investigations on the properties of electrons and photons, atomic structure, and nuclear structure and decay. FS Undergraduate independent study in physics. May be repeated for credit. Rigid body rotation, statics, elasticity, fluid equilibrium, gravitation. 0202. An intermediate laboratory course with an introduction to data analysis and error estimation.
Students independently perform two or three experiments, with suitable reports.
First, second, and third laws, ther-modynamic potentials, kinetic theory, and applications to simple systems. The basic ideas of statistical mechanics. 0251. The existence of intelligent life in the universe. Interplanetary and interstellar travel. The parallel development of science and science fiction and recent changes and new directions.