Special Electives must be courses from outside the Physics Department. Courses below the lowest-level required course in the Physics major cannot be used as Special Electives. For example, no MATH ...

An introduction to modern theories of the universe and its evolution. Topics include naked eye observation, the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology. Emphasis will be placed on the scientific ...

Princeton Professor Andrew Houck’s calculus students had just finished grappling with a set of equations on the forces of tension and gravity when he pulled a large pendulum back to his shoulder and ...

I'm currently in the middle of a summer section of introductory physics - the algebra based version. I've come to the realization that perhaps we expect too much from the students. My typical summary ...