Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Physics and Astronomy

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group III

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FROM SPACE AND TIME TO SPACE-TIME ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 3 ***** Introduces non-science students to major transformation in our views of space and time precipitated by Einstein's special theory of relativity (SR). We will build a space-time framework and then use it to introduce the essential results of SR. We will also discuss the historical circumstances and philosophical and cultural implications surrounding the invention of SR.