How do things work? What makes a car go or a bird fly? Why do microwaves heat food? How does a CD player work? Why are diamonds hard and metals shiny? How do we see? Science is all around us. From common objects to high technology, science is part of our everyday lives. Amazingly, with a few powerful principles we can understand the materials that make up our world and the rules that govern their behavior-that's physics. In this course we will explore the world we know and the microscopic components from which it is made, and we will extract from this exploration the central concepts underpinning contemporary physics. The mathematics used in the course will be basic algebra and trigonometry. Evaluation will be based on weekly homework, two hour exams, and a final exam. No prerequisites.

Hour: STRAIT