NSC 220 - Physics for Poets

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University of Sioux Falls

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Description:

For students who desire to appreciate the underlying laws of the physical world, their beauty and orderliness, but lack the mathematical expertise to study physics; and for those who believe that reality is rational, but personal experience limits and prejudices common sense. The principle text has the name of the course, Physics for Poets, and in a conversational manner traverses Einstein's world of space and time, relativity, and the strange, paradoxical world of quantum physics. Students will conduct "thought experiments" similar tothe ones that led Einstein to modern theories of space and time. Readings and discussions will be supplemented by Stephen Barr's Modern Physics and Ancient Faith, a physicist's exploration of faith-science integrative issues. Weekly afternoon labs will complement classroom discussions. Satisfies core requirement for a laboratory science. Prerequisite: 2 s.h. of college level mathematics such as MAT 112, 113 or 151. (4 s.h.)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.usiouxfalls.edu/

Phone Number:

(605) 331-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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