Ideas of Modern Physics
Science is an adventure of the whole human race to learn to live in and perhaps to love the universe in which they are. To be a part of it is to understand, to understand oneself, to begin to feel that there is a capacity within man, far beyond what he felt he had, of an infinite extension of human possibilities.
I.I. Rabi in G. Holton, F.J. Rutherford, F. Watson, Project Physics Course, Hot, Reinhart & Winston, New York (1970,1981), preface.
Physics 107 provides an overview of the ideas of modern physics for students not majoring in science.

Contact information:

Prof. Duncan Carlsmith, 4285 Chamberlin, 262-2485, duncan@hep.physics.wisc.edu
Office Hours: M,W 11:00-12:00 or by appointment
Prof. Francis Halzen, 5293 Chamberlin, 262-2667,
halzen@pheno.physics.wisc.edu

Office Hours: R 1:00-3:00 or by appointment
You can get to this page from www.physics.wisc.edu by clicking on Undergraduate Program, and from the online course list, selecting Physics 107. Questions about accessibility to Physics 107 web materials should be directed to Professor Carlsmith.


Course information:
Course requirements

Syllabus

Demonstration Schedule

Homework Assignments

Carlsmith's lecture notes

Paper topics and guidelines

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powerpoints



References:
Physics Club 
Physics Notes
Light and Matter
21st Century Science
Tutorial
APS Physics History
AIP Physics News
Yahoo physics links
Physlink