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SCPS College Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHY 1050 - How Things Work

Credits: 4.00 credits
Natural World Core CourseThis course will introduce students to several concepts in physics which are related to commonly-used technology and modern life. Topics covered will be: motion (skating, projectiles, wheels, bumper cars), mechanics (scales, baseball, amusement parks, bicycle), resonance (musical instruments), optics (camera, telescope), and modern physics (relativity of simultaneity and quantum non-locality).