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PHY 194 - Physics in the Scientific Revolution

Three Credits
Fall and Spring Semester

The development of classical mechanics. Topics include medieval Aristotelian principles of motion; the development of statics, kinematics and dynamics along with mathematical advances in the 17th century; and Newton’s Principia. The course stresses exercises, observation, laboratory experiments, establishment of data, and the development of mathematical analysis and laws.

General Education Attribute(s): Natural Scientific Inquiry