PHYS 130 - Particles, Nuclei, and Astronomy

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FA. This course provides and overview of astronomy and particle physics, and surveys key historical developments in physics as well as foundational scientific methods and assumptions. Topics in astronomy include: observational astronomy; motion of stars and planets; geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system; Galileo, Kepler, and Newton. Topics in atomic and particle physics include: the wave-particle duality of light; atomic nuclei, nuclear reactions and radiation; quarks and the Standard Model of particle physics. Prerequisite(s): high school physics and completion of (or concurrent registration in) a calculus course, or permission of the instructor. Corequisite(s): PHYS 130L.