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PHYS 160 - Einstein and Heisenberg: Physics of the Fast and the Small

2.00 credit hours
Introduction to the special theory of relativity: Galilean relativity, spacetime diagrams, Lorentz transformations, relativistic collisions and conservation of four-momentum. Introduction to the principles of quantum physics, Heisenberg’s matrix mechanics, Pauli’s spin matrices.

Prerequisite(s): Precalculus (Algebra & Trigonometry) competence.


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