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Academic Year 2002/2003
Chaos
PHYS 217 FA
This calculus based course provides an introduction to the third revolution of 20th-century physics: chaos. Chaos is everywhere. To name only a few examples, it permeates economics, biology, political science,
chemistry
and physics. Focused reading together with well-chosen demonstrations illustrate the manifestations of chaos, its applications and control.
MAJOR READINGS
Ivars Peterson, NEWTON'S CLOCK: CHAOS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM (1993)
James Gleick, CHAOS: MAKING A NEW SCIENCE (1987)
Nina Hall, ed., EXPLORING CHAOS: A GUIDE TO THE NEW SCIENCE OF DISORDER (1991)
Roderick Jensen,
"Classical Chaos", AMERICAN
SCIENTIST 75 (March-April), 168 (1987)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Weekly reading assignments, quizzes, problem sets, midterm, final exam
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Class begins on Monday, October 14. You must have had physics with calculus.
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:
.5
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM PHYS
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Stewart,Brian A.
- Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: SHAN107
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: UNL)
- SR. major: Jr. major:
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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