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Welcome to PHYS199 CHP

Exploring Quantum Science through the Arts

Weekly Class Meetings: Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00-3:20pm p.m.
Default Location: 312, David Kinley Hall (See Schedule Link for any other location for specific classes)

Instructor: Prof. Smitha Vishveshwara (smivish@illinois.edu)

TA: Mai Li (maili2@illinois.edu), Kriti Shetty (kritips2@illinois.edu)

 

Course Description

From ancient monuments, such as Roman arches and Indian and Mayan astronomical observatories, to modern day productions, such as The 2001 Space Odyssey and Copenhagen, the confluence of the arts and physics has resulted in the most incredible of human creations. The creations have led to a deeper understanding of nature, to giving the arts a new dimension, to friendly and enchanting ways of perceiving science in action, to tremendous technological progress…and to pure fun!

In this course, students will gain exposure to the marvelous ways in which science has joined hands with a broad spectrum of the arts, inclusive of the visual arts, theater, music, literature, and more, and to the marvelous creations that have emerged from this synergy.  Going beyond analyzing this synergy, students will become creators themselves by using the knowledge gained in the course, forming teams having both arts and physics students, learning from one another, and  working on projects that result in mini-productions using their choice of media.

While this course will largely be shaped after the course Where the Arts meet Physics from previous years, this semester,

As a special for the Campus Honors Program and the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), the physics themes will have a quantum-based focus and we will join the global IYQ celebration: 
https://quantum2025.org/

Prerequisite

Interest in Physics and the Arts; Some working knowledge of either physics or a field in the Arts or related disciplines; Willingness to learn a new discipline and work in teams; Enthusiasm and initiative.

 

For the Krannert Art Museum exhibit created by a past year's class on the Universe, the Quantum World, and Flows please visit https://publish.illinois.edu/flowing-from-quantum-to-cosmic/