Laboratory fee applies. Emphasis is given to a rigorous mathematical formulation of physical principles, solution of problems, and practical applications of electric circuits in the laboratory. Laboratory fee applies. Permission of Chairperson. A survey of 20th century theories of the atom, the nucleus, relativity, quantum properties of waves and particles, wave mechanics, spectra of hydrogen and other atoms, x-rays, the uncertainty principle, radioactive decay, conservation laws in radioactivity, transmutations.
Stress is placed on basic principles rather than on applications.