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PHYS 3650 Issues in Physics and Society
(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as PHY 42.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)
2 hours; 2 credits
A technical and quantitative study of one of these issues: 1) nuclear weapons, effects, proliferation, arms control; 2) nuclear energy, prospects in fission and fusion, environmental problems; 3) renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, energy storage; 4) the global environment, sources of pollution, greenhouse gases, climatic effects.
Prerequisite: Physics 2100 or permission of the Chairperson.
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