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PHYS103
Nuclear Energy: Its Physics and Its Politics
PHYS103 SP
Not Currently Offered
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: Discussion Fieldwork Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: NSM PHYS
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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