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2016-2017 HillBook (Class of 2020) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]

PHY 195 - Quarks and Quanta: Exploring the Subatomic World

Three Credits
Not Offered 2015-2016

The search for the ultimate building blocks of matter is traced from antiquity up to the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, culminating in the standard model of particle physics. The symmetry ideas that underlie the theory and the role of particles in the evolution of the universe are emphasized.

Fulfills the Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.