Progression of Course
Scientific Knowledge: ?1 week (& revisited)
- How is scientific knowledge obtained (created)?
- Early knowledge of astronomy & physics
Classical Physics: ?5 weeks
- “The Scientific Revolution”: Copernicus ? Newton
- “Classical Physics” ruled until cracks developed ~ 1900
First Modern Revolution, Relativity: ?3 weeks
- Einstein & the revolution in concepts of space, time, and matter
Second Revolution, Quantum Mechanics: ?3 weeks
- The atomic nature of matter
- Particle-wave duality ? unpredictability, strange causation, etc.
The smallest particles to the Universe: ?2 weeks
- Quantum Mechanics and the matter around us
- The Universe: Black Holes, the Big Bang, ...