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| Class | PHYS 1060 - 001 (Lecture): How Things Work |
| Instructor | Louis Bloomfield |
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Credits: 3, Enrollment: 219+0 / 219 at most recent download, Status: Closed
Part of a Combined Class with Outside Enrollment +0 SIS Description: For non-science majors. Introduces physics and science in everyday life, considering objects from our daily environment and focusing on their principles of operation, histories, and relationships to one another. 105 is concerned primarily with mechanical and thermal objects, while 106 emphasizes objects involving electromagnetism, light, special materials, and nuclear energy. They may be taken in either order. |
| Class Website | http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/1060 |
| Class Title | The Physics of Everyday Life |
| Description | This course examines the physics of everyday objects, focusing its attention particularly on objects that involve electricity, magnetism, electronics, electromagnetic waves, light, optics, and modern physics. |
| Syllabus | Please see the class website. |
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