Excitatory Topics in Physics

• Author: DiBella, Nicholas
• Subject: Science and Technology
• Institution Name: M.I.T.
• Collection: MIT Highlights for High School
• Grade Level: Secondary

• Abstract: What sorts of things get physicists (or wannabe physicists, like the teacher of this class) excited? Is it the dream of building grand intellectual edifices capable of describing the Universe with amazing accuracy and elegance? Or, perhaps, discovering something so unexpected that it totally blows your mind? Maybe it's simply the act of doing physics! Whatever the case, there are certainly many things in physics to get excited about, and we'll explore some of them in this class.

• Course Type: Full Course
• Languages: English
• Material Types: Lecture Notes, Syllabi
• Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs, Video

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