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Academic Year 2001/2002

Chaos
PHYS 170 SP

The course is intended as an interdisciplinary study of chaos, a new science which offers a way of seeing order and pattern where formerly only the random, erratic, the chaotic has been observed. The science of chaos cuts across traditional scientific disciplines to include new discoveries in mathematics, meterology, engineering, economics, social sciences, psychology, biology, literature and humanities.

MAJOR READINGS

Gleick, CHAOS
Nina Hall, EXPLORING CHAOS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

weekly problem sets, 1 exam, 1 term paper.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM PHYS    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Dabaghian,Yuri   
Times: .M...F. 11:00AM-12:20PM;     Location: SCIE141
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 40)
SR. major:    Jr. major:
SR. non-major: 10   Jr. non-major: 10   SO: 10   FR: 10

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Quantitative Reasoning
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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