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Sep 23, 2024
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2011-2012 HillBook (Class of 2015) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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PHY 194 - Physics in the Scientific RevolutionThree Credits
Fall 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.
Fulfills the General Education Natural Scientific Inquiry requirement.
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