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PHYS17200 (PHYS172H) Fall 2008

Modern Mechanics - Honors

Current session: Fall 2008

Offering: Summer, Fall, Spring, Credits 4

Prerequisites: Corequisite: MA 161. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.

Description: Advanced treatment of introductory calculus-based physics using fundamental interactions between atoms to describe Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, energy quantization, entropy, the kinetic theory of gases, and related topics in mechanics and thermodynamics. Emphasis is on using only a few fundamental principles to describe physical phenomena extending from nuclei to galaxies. 3-D graphical simulations and numerical problem solving by computer are employed by the student from the very beginning.

Instructor(s):
BARNES, VIRGIL E.

Email:
barnes@physics.purdue.edu

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