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Academic Year 2001/2002
Nuclear Energy: Its Physics and Its Politics
PHYS 103 SP
What are the benefits and liabilities of nuclear energy? Where does the truth lie, and how can one find it? The course has two complementary aims: to help you understand the physics of reactors and radiation and to
increase your ability to analyze
complex environmental issues.
MAJOR READINGS
Kaku and Trainer, MUCLEAR POWER: BOTH SIDES Nigel Hawkes, CHERNOBYL: THE END OF NUCLEAR DREAM B.L. Cohen, THE NUCLEAR OPTION Aldo Leopold, A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC Strunk and White, THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly reading and homework exercises; three 3-page papers and an 8-page paper; an hour exam and a final.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
A high school course in chemistry or physics. Faithful attendance is expected and required. Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from
the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM PHYS
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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