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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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SGBN 201 - What is Motion?4.00 credit hours
The history of the modern study of motion (or mechanics) begins with Galileo, followed by Descartes and, above all, Newton. Generations later, Faraday offers experimental work to unify the idea of “force”, which leads to attempts to unify physical theories of matter, electricity, light and energy in the work of Einstein and quantum mechanics. Through primary texts and reflections on the social and cultural contexts in which the science of mechanics developed, students conduct epistemological inquiries. They also undertake a semester-long experimental investigation into the nature of light.
Cardinal Directions Designation(s): Sciences, Writing Intensive.
iCon(s): Innovating the World.
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