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| − | The physics major is one of the hardest majors at Knox. Through the study of physics, we attempt to understand the mechanisms which govern the properties of everything, including [[Chemistry]] (whose properties in turn govern [[Biology]] and so forth). In this way, physics is obscenely generalized and difficult to understand for some, exceeded in complexity only by pure [[mathematics]]. Some believe that snowflakes are more complex than physics. Here is a reference that explains snowflakes.<ref>[http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/primer/primer.htm Snowflakes]</ref> Show me a link that explains all of physics.
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| − | ==Faculty==
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| − | Knox has three physics professors, all experimentalists, principally. They are
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| − | * [[Charles Schulz]] - Dept Chair, Mossbauer Spectroscopy
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| − | * [[Thomas Moses]] - Liquid crystals
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| − | * [[Mark Shroyer]] - Nuclear quadrupole magnetic resonance
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| − | ==Courses==
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| − | A typical major, after running through the three 100-level intro courses, will take
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| − | * 205 - Modern Physics
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| − | * 241 - Intro to Research
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| − | * 312 - Classical Dynamics
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| − | Then you have the option of several upper level courses such as
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| − | * 313 - Electricity and Magnetism
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| − | * 314 - Quantum Mechanics
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| − | * 316 - Astrophysics
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| − | * 308 - Optics
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| − | * 310 - Thermodynamics
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| − | * 242 - Digital Electronics
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| − | The Senior Seminars are the courses that kill you, especially when there's only 3 people in the class and one of them is [[Jordan Watkins]], who is way smarter than you. Each year there are senior seminars offered in:
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| − | * Analytical Mechanics
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| − | * Quantum Mechanics
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| − | * Electrodynamics
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| − | Recently the Quantum Mechanics senior seminar was offered and only two students, [[Fahim Chandurwala]] and [[Tenzing Shaw]] were crazy enough to take it. The pair also took at the same time a half-credit independant study in Partial Differential Equations. The instructor for both courses is [[Thomas Moses|Tom Moses]], arguably one of the most intelligent professors at Knox.
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | * [http://www.knox.edu/x1773.xml Physics Dept homepage]
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| − | * [http://www.knox.edu/x1720.xml Knox Physics courses]
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| − | [[Category:Departments]]
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| − | [[Category:Majors]]
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| − | ==References==
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