Undergraduate independent study in physics. This course may be repeated for credit. Mathematics 0127 and Physics 0187. 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, thermodynamic 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.