PHYS 212 Modern Physics

This course is an extension of the general physics sequence introducing physical principles discovered after 1905, i.e. relativity and quantum mechanics.  Special relativity will be studied through the properties of the Lorentz transformation.  General relativity will be introduced via the Equivalence principle and contemporary cosmology.  Quantum mechanics will be introduced through the Schrödinger equation and its applications.  (4 Credits)

Prerequisite: PHYS 152 (General Physics II).
"If God has created
the world, his
primary worry was
certainly not to make
its understanding
easy for us."
 Albert Einstein




"In science one tries to
tell people, in such a way
as to be understood by
everyone, something that
no one ever knew before.
But in poetry, it's the
exact opposite."
Paul Dirac