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Academic Year 2002/2003

It's About Time
PHYS 162 SP

Measurement of time has been accomplished by careful observation of stars, sun, and moon, and with devices as varied as the hour glass and the atomic clock. A thorough observation of these and other methods and tools will illuminate old and new views of time. We will investigate concepts including but not limited to the direction of time's arrow, the smoothness of time, time dilation and the relativity of simultaneity.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

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

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Huwel,Lutz   

Instructor's Course Page

Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: SCIE58

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 40)

SR. major: X   Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: 15   SO: 15   FR: 10

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Quantitative Reasoning

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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